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No, this post is not about math.\u00a0I used to take my sons skiing ‘up north’ at Crystal Mountain<\/a> each year.\u00a0They both started on skis, and I think the next year was when Aaron switched to snowboard. And then…we stopped for\u00a0several years. Adam\u00a0started attending high school, and his schedule was dominated by swim team practice and meets. Then Aaron started high school. Then skiing became something that we used to do.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I had taken lots of pictures and some video of the kids skiing. This summer, I had the idea to set music to one of those videos, and went looking for the DVD. I found it, and was delighted to watch it again and again. I texted the boys right away, “We need to go skiing again!” to which they responded, “We’re in!”\u00a0I still have not set aside time to\u00a0set music to that old video, BUT we were going skiing again.<\/p>\n

We had a wonderful time. We listened to a good book during the drive, had good conversations about music, the world going digital, found good food to eat, shared grown up drinks, and\u00a0I spectated a wild game of chess between Aaron and Adam(I\u00a0think\u00a0they swapped clear advantages multiple times, eg “Huh, I didn’t see that coming” and “Oops”). Speaking of\u00a0food, here’s breakfast at House of Flavors<\/a>(note Aaron’s loud green sweater):<\/p>\n

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And, of course, we skied\/boarded. Despite our multiple year hiatus, it did not take us long to regain our skills. Adam finally started to use poles, and Aaron took a few trips through the terrain areas(you know, where they put obstacles there on purpose to jump and\/or run into and\/or fall off of). In Michigan, all the slopes are rated about one rating higher than real mountain skiing. In other words, a Michigan\u00a0black diamond is a blue in Colorado or New Hampshire.\u00a0Needless to say, we spent almost all of our time on black diamonds and the steeper blues.<\/p>\n

And I\u00a0got to relive\u00a0with my own eyes just how good the boys look when they are skiing. It was so satisfying to watch, as a father. Learning from me past, I decided not to take a camcorder, and instead\u00a0lived in the moment.\u00a0We skied each run together all weekend, except for about an hour when Aaron diverted to the terrain area and Adam and I\u00a0had lunch. When we were done, we were tired and sore and in need of a hot tub. Although I was lucky enough not to fall, the boys each had spills; Aaron actually jumped\u00a0INTO someone who was inexplicably standing at the bottom of the ramp. That was a total wipe out, but each of them were ok.<\/p>\n

Here are two pictures I managed to take with my phone on the last day. Adam looking smooth, with great form:\"IMG_20180114_113123998\"<\/a>And Aaron,\u00a0looking even more like Shaun White, with the long. flowing hair :<\/p>\n

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It was really great to return to the slopes.\u00a0Hopefully, Arianna can join us next year(she was sick that weekend).<\/p>\n

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