Postcards From Myself

OK, I am sorry to all you people who love the winter and skiing and the skating and the thrashing around in the snow, but it is cold. I live here in the, usually, sunny South for a reason. I don’t do cold well. When I was a kid I went with a church group on a retreat to go skiing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. That didn’t last long. First the van broke down on the way up, and then I nearly killed a small child on the bunny slope. Needless to say I gave up, went inside the lodge, enjoyed myself in front of the fire, and was still able to watch the snow patrol carrying foolish victims down the slopes.

I have friend who is going out to Lake Tahoe skiing, and he told me the place he is going is called Ski Heavenly. It looks pretty cool. (Get it? Cool?) You can do the Lake Tahoe casino thing, all the normal winter activities, and even some adult nightlife activities. Of course the problem for me is that at the moment it shows the temperature as a mere 38 degrees! Good thing they have some nice lodging and shops. They also look like they have snowboarding – which some places do not. Though the buddy going there isn’t a boarder, I have a different friend who is. No, I still don’t know why, but Tammy is a great person so snow boarding must not be that bad.

Of all the things that might appeal to me, the Lake Tahoe hiking is the close. Like I said, i am not much of a cold climate person, but it looks like even in the warmer months there is some good scenery for those who chose to hike, not slide. I really do enjoy a good hike in the mountains when the weather is in the 50s or 60s. Please though, not any colder than that.

So, for the winter time, you go ahead and ski, or skate, or take sleigh rides. I will stay in the lodge all warm and snug and make friends with the snow bunnies. And another hot buttered rum.

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