SKI TRIP

One of the better things about your school closing is that you can spend up a bit more on school trips. We have made two attempts to go skiing in the past but it's never worked out. Well it's hard to ski with no snow. So at very short notice we booked accomodation at Mt Heights Motel and Discovery ski packages for everybody. The weather on the first day was great and the kids I all started with a skiing lesson.It was really neat to be a pupil with them. They passed and I failed. I damaged my knee and that was basically it for me. The kids were all skiing at the end of the two hour lesson. They spent the rest of the day zooming up and down Happy Valley pausing only for snack bars, drinks and sunscreen. We left when they closed the field and went over to Tokaanu for a lounge in the hotpools. Had tea at Turangi and all kids were asleep within the first km. home.
Next morning the weather was dreadful but we rang and they said it's great come up. We were above the clouds, brilliant sunshine, and we could look across at Mt. Taranaki seeming to float above the clouds. Pure magic. Cameron spent the day skiing Happy Valley with boots. skipants, gloves shades and a singlet. Toria had more lessons and made one trip down the valley. The others went up with two skiing parents to the Rock Garden. They spent until two in the afternoon skiing and then we headed for home. The improvement in their ability was remarkable and it's well worth the trip.