Day 190
19th September 2022
Snow!
There was a lot to pack, but we finally hit the road.
Linc rode in the car with our friends & their son, & we were on our way, with just our girl.
The trip down was so pretty & we all had that road trip buzz.
As we drove through Jindabyne the afternoon rays shot through the sky and bounced off the lake.
We’d rented a big house.
The kids slept downstairs in a room with bunk beds and were in total heaven. They took every cushion in the house and made pillow forts on their beds. 😍
We adults, sat around the fireplace overlooking the lake, drinking mulled wine. It was so cosy!
The next morning, we set out early and started to see snow on the ground not long after we left Jindabyne.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, was covered in snow! (I don’t know the real name of this hotel, but it always reminds us of the West Anderson movie, of the same name).
The weather forecasted 60cm of snow to fall, over the weekend!!
There was so much snow!
We made the long trek to the chair lifts. I hate that walk. I think we all had a meltdown along the way, but that’s pretty much guaranteed, on any snow trip! 😂
It snowed, and snowed, and snowed. The whole mountain was powder!!
There were no icy patches. No hard crusty parts, where the sun & wind had frozen the top layer.
It was all soft, deep powder. Even on the main runs.
The kids’ skiing improved so much, this year.
Linc was beginning to parallel turn and Mila was getting down the mountain really well, without falling much at all.
The boys took off for a while and Mila and I went adventuring through the trees, to the little jumps.
There was so much powder that falling down was so soft, but at times nearly impossible to get back up.
Mila face planted in snow, 2 feet deep. I came to help and fell over while trying to lift her ski out of the snow, which was buried toes first, up to her heel.
We were both stuck deep in snow, like a couple of blueberries on a creamy meringue.
We were laughing so hard, we had no hope of pulling ourselves out.
Eventually, we did manage, and were off again. ⛷️⛷️
It snowed the entire time we were there.
As soon as we finished the run, there was fresh snow covering our tracks on the next run.
Visibility wasn’t great all the time, but we could see enough to have fun.
By lunch time, Mila was exhausted. 😂
When we got back to the house, we sat around the fire & swapped stories.
All our snow things went into the drying room and the boys (who camped a few weeks ago) commented on what a special luxury this was. 😂
The next morning, we were back on the mountain early.
The weather was a little brighter the next day, with blue sky for parts of the day, but the snow just kept on falling!
We met up at the Sundeck Bar for schnapps and a game of pool, before saying goodbye.
The first day we came to this bar, the band was playing INXS, it was crowded and everyone was buzzing with their snow stories.
It reminded me of a time my best friend and I were snowed in at a mountain bar in Thredbo, due to a blizzard.
We were stuck there for hours!
The juke box was loud & the pool table was crowded. We drank so much vodka we had to go back down on the chairlift. Whenever I hear the song Chic – Le Freak it takes me back! 😂😂
It was such a great weekend.
On the drive home we all decided we want to stay for the season next year and began looking at real-estate.
Today, my muscles hurt with every move I made.
Ouch!
