YeeeeHa!
Finally the season is into action. My daughter Tara and I headed for the hills (Mt Buller) this weekend just passed and although the weather was as bad as it gets the snow was awesome. We took off Friday evening on the 4hour drive broken only by a stop at McDonalds in Campbellfield to arrive at the Lodge around 11.15pm. Tara woke me at 5.45 excited and raring to hit the slope only to be told by a tired and grumpy old man to go back to sleep for a couple of hours. We were schussing our hearts out by 0830 for a couple of quick runs in very windy conditions before I dropped Tara at Ski School and took off for another 5 runs down Shakey knees and Tyrol and then into Tyrol cafe for an egg ‘n bacon roll, latte and the paper.
I picked T up at 3.30 and we skiied together on Little Buller Spur and shakey knees until 5 then home to change and off to Uncle Pat’s for dinner. Carbonara and an Aussie pizza (Geez we are on a health kick this weekend) in front of the BIG screen, showing a ski film. Next stop was Pancakes Plus for a stack with cooked banana, Ice cream and maple syrup. The girl has hollow legs! We were back at the lodge by 8 to watch a bit of the footy while playing Monopoly. Tara pushed off to bed around 9 while I managed to stay awake to watch the Saints come home with a superb second half.
Sunday brought a new day with very windy and wet conditions but we were up to the challenge! We snuck in a couple of quick runs down Bourke Street. I dropped Tara at Ski School again and headed straight to Shakey knees. By 1130 I ws saturated and sitting in Pancakes plus trying to dry my gloves, have breaky and read the paper. By 1230 it was snowing heavily and I was fed, read and dry and back out there. At 1pm pick-up Tara was not ready to stop but rather wanted to sign up for the arvo session. I went back to the lodge to clean up, picked her up at 3.30, we were in a taxi by 4.45, off the mountain with the masses feeding in Mansfield by 6 and home after a gruelling drive in heavy rain by 8.45
Can’t wait to get back up there in a couple of weeks!
Tara, ready for action!
