Skiing at Camelback

After a weekend of incredibly crappy weather, MLK day was bright, sunny and calm. The Boy and I woke up early and gave the ski thing another shot. The car ride from Manhattan to Camelback was smooth sailing. The temperature was still pretty cold, but we had a great time! The Boy and I started off on the easy/intermediate slopes to warm up. He was using his brand new snowboard, and I rented a pair of skis. After getting comfortable on the easy/intermediate slopes, we decided to try a black diamond. The Asp (name of run) was a pretty icy straight down drop. The Boy tumbled down the entire mountain. After seeing most of my fellow skiiers and snowboarders tumble down, too, I decided to just sit down in the snow and take a ride down the mountain the safer way. We stayed off of the black diamonds after that and did several fun runs on the intermediate slopes before going home. Finally, a nice end to an otherwise crappy weekend!