It's Spring Break and the kids and I are on a ski vacation in Anchorage, and at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. We started the vacation in Anchorage and will spend another couple of days there at the end before we go back to Kodiak. The purpose of the trip is, of course, to have fun, but also I want the kids to practice their skiing so that they can better enjoy skiing at home on Kodiak. Nothing like lessons, groomed trails, and lifts for helping to get a lot of quality 'on snow' ski-time in.
We've split our time between Anchorage and Girdwood because while Girdwood and the Alyeska Resort may be a better place for downhill skiing - Anchorage clearly has the XC ski advantage. And given my druthers I think I'd spend the entire time XC skiing in Anchorage! However, there is another advantage to Alyeska - 'cousin time'.
Nora and Stuey's first cousins Leo and Zeke are also at Alyeska. This of course makes it a lot MORE fun. So far the pattern has been lessons in the morning, then a big lunch at the Stiztmark Restaurant at the base of the ski slopes, and then roaming the slopes in a 'cousin pack' for the afternoons.
Patrick
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| The XC ski trails on the Hillside in Anchorage |
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| Downhill skiing at Hilltop in Anchorage with their friends Lars and Ilsa |
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| Big Hair at the Stitzmark Restaurant |
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| On the slopes at Alyeska |
