Pat’s Point of View

Just got back from a week of skiing at Thredbo. The snow wasn’t that great, but we enjoyed some lovely spring weather. It wasn’t too crowded during the week, which is another bonus.

We hired a van and drove down during the day, nice and liesurely. We stayed at the Lake Jindabyne Hotel, which was basic but good enough. There are much nicer places to stay in Jindabyne but they can cost an arm and a leg.

There were six of us and we all took to our Snowblades, except for Rosemary who was a first-timer so she chose skis. We must be getting old since it wasn’t quite as easy as it used to be; we were all pretty sore even after the first day. At least that means there were no complaints about the odd rest :)

Not much partying either (except for the last two nights which were quite entertaining—I’ll never think of the Brumby Bar the same again). However that didn’t stop other people from partying. One night there was a band playing at the LJH and it was really, really loud even from inside the hotel room. And the walls provided no protection from the sounds in other guests’ rooms either; our neighbours liked watching TV really loud. Sleeping was difficult that night.

There were some good skiing moments, like Jenn’s first “360″ and some fantastic crashes (but no chapstick injuries this time).

Photos are online now, video coming soon.

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