Ah-Mazing! We concluded the 6-pass session with only 5 go's, but J-Bird was okay with this. He learned to ski, tried his hand at snowboarding and ultimately has fallen in love with this new sport. He took to the snow naturally. I'm not surprised as he is extremely agile and little. Me, on the other hand, would have fallen and been bruised for a week, or month, or year. I told Obe Wan we will buy a family pass next year and he just said "Um-Hum." I am not sure he realized how serious I was. He and I could stay together and help each other out when we fell on our bums!
They offer 3 free lessons with the purchase of J-Bird's pass. The first time he had individual lessons with Tom. He was patient and kind. He also realized J-Bird's natural ability. The 2nd lesson was also one-on-one! Who the heck gets that when they go to Colorado???? No one. This time J-Bird wanted to learn to snowboard. They spent an hour with him. By the end of the hour he was ready to turn in the board, eat dinner and then find skis again. He was not a fun of the board. Fine with me!
The 3rd lesson also ended up being one-on-one. This is not the case every time, but due to the time we arrived (4 pm) and lessons being on the hour, we were able to steer clear of other people. (No pun intended, but the slopes were empty this early in the day!) This instructor took J-Bird on the more complex blue trails. This was wonderful for him! It gave him the confidence he needed to up the ante on his skis. I watched from the deck and had a marvelous time! We took 3 other kiddos with us the 4th time we went and I was able to not stand outside watching the whole time. The buddy system was great and I was allowed to read a book! WOO-hoo!
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