Still LOVE Skiing

It’s just different now

While talking about this possible winter home several friends have indicated the sadness because they feel like I’ve given up skiing and no longer interested. That isn’t entirely true, but I’ve had to tweak my outlook on this sport. For those that don’t know me all that well, I needed to make some drastic changes. Because for well over twenty years skiing was an obsession and an addiction that was over the top. We used to joke about it all the time and laughed that even if there were skiers anonymous, we wouldn’t go. I skied around 300 days each year for over twenty years, was on search and rescue, had an avalanche search and rescue doggie, was the avalanche forecaster for the state of Colorado with Colorado Avalanche Information center and literally lived to ski.

This was like anything else that we do to the extreme. I lost friends, jobs, opportunities because I was so into skiing!

It was while living in Belize when I realized there may be other things I enjoy doing other than skiing, I was shocked!!! Each year my passion for skiing has changed and my dislike for shoveling has increased!! But the truth is I love skiing the backcountry and when my backcountry circles changed, I sort of lost interest in skiing at the ski areas because of crowds, people getting hit by out of control skier/boarders, and if I wasn’t with friends I was actually bored. (which never happened). So, I’m just looking at potential options for the future; but keeping the options open to whatever the Lord may bring.

Living on the road and having the freedom and ability to go where I feel like going, stopping and enjoying things are they come up, and just being present in the moment has actually been a dream of mine for many years. So when the opportunity presented it self and it was the right time, things just simply fell into place.

Anywhoo, I’m back in South Carolina after being in Colorado for a few weeks. Like always, I savored every minute with my friends and some wonderful hikes, Finally re-united with my van, which has been sitting for almost a month and half, between the repair time, my time in Florida, and then Colorado.

Part of this van journey is to look for a winter home because I’m not really interested in shoveling snow the rest of my life. Thought South Carolina would be the place, because I loved the mountain biking, hiking, the lakes, the people, and the beauty of this state. But when I returned from my short trip to Colorado, I was very disappointed because it has continued to be rainy, dreary, and not that inviting to get out on the lake or do anything.

I was staying at a friend’s home for a few days. So, I mostly finished up the work I needed for a project, started preparing my 2023 goals, and got my van ready to get back on the road. To wrap this up, I have to be careful because of my additive tendacies to tread lightly where idols may come up!