Niece Chrissie offered to let grandson David and me go down the slopes on her snowboard with her, and we jumped at the chance. We were at home in North Carolina, but in Massachusetts via cell phone. She and husband Chris chatted with us on the lift, then she wore her phone and talked with us all the way down. It was exciting. She has been clocked going over 30 miles an hour, although not with us on board. I was amazed at how relaxed she was. She mentioned recently that being totally relaxed was the ideal, and she has been working on that.
Here is a clip Chris took of Chrissie. His shadow shows up, too.
David and I went up a second time with them, eager for more thrills. It was most satisfying. They decided to go in and boarded all the way to their building. That turned out to be more exciting than it sounds. Some tourists were wandering on the pathway, and evidently didn’t know that people on skis or boards have the right of way. Chrissie was annoyed because she couldn’t get around them. With perfectly acceptable language, she criticized them when they were out of earshot.
Inside, they showed us the new floor in their condo, which Chris installed after we visited them a year or so ago. It was fun to see their place again. I was tired after all that armchair exercise, but they were going to play active video games with their children who live in Utah.
How, cool! That sounds like the ideal way (for me) to snowboard. 🙂
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I read the headline and thought “what is she nuts?” Obviously not! That would be a cool way to experience it.
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My heart rate didn’t even speed up!
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That’s my kind of snowboarding. Thanks for sharing the clip – it was fun.
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I hope you wrapped up warm out there. I’m puzzled as to what you got up to a year ago that had Chris installing a new floor after your visit.
Hugs Galore
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Ha! Ha!
Warm Snowy Hugs
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How fun.
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LOLOL….Anne, when I started reading I was, “WHAT??? what is Anne doing and where is John? He should be stopping her”…..and then I kept reading.
What a perfect way to snowboard and so painless.
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We loved going down the slopes via phone. They are two of our favorite people, so it was quite special.
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That’s the kind of participation I can do!! Looks like fun. And so safe!
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I presume you wouldn’t cavort in real snow.
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Nah, a bit too cold on my paws.
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Super cool! Envy them for being able to do this for real.
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Chris and Chrissie love snowboarding, and I’m happy they shared it with us.
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I’ve never snowboarded so thanks for taking us along. What a fun way to pass the time on a snowy day.
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I cut that video down drastically, and it was still too large to send via email. It was nine minutes to begin with, but only a few seconds for the blog. Thanks for riding with us!
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Much cold there. Good way for snowboard. I like. I can download its.
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Our niece and nephew live in Massachusetts, which is a long way from our home in North Carolina. They have snow all winter, and they take advantage of it. Thank you for going on the snowboard ride with us.
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That sounded like so much fun, I wish the video would have been longer! I wanted to see her get to the bottom 🤗
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I had to cut down the 9-minute video that Chris took. The few seconds I included on the blog were too large to be sent via email.
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In just two days we are forecast to get a foot or more of snow which is unheard of in Oklahoma! I believe Texas will also be hit with snow and very low temps in the single digits. Here it will be below zero at night! If we do get that kind of snow, and the temps come up a bit, we’ll get our snowboards and homespun sleds out on the slope behind the house. I won’t be on any of those rides to the bottom. I’ll just stick to being behind the camera, recording everyone else!
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My best friend from childhood lives in OK, and she sent me her abbreviated forecast. It sounds like you are ready to enjoy as much of the snow as you can. I would be behind the camera too, if we had snow. Enjoy and write about it!!
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so you did ski down the hill Anne? I use to ski and loved it. One of the things I miss.
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No, David and I watched the snowboard action through niece Chrissie’s cell phone. She chatted with us the whole time she was going down. I don’t know where or how she attached the phone. The video clip was taken by her husband Chris. David and I enjoyed it very much.
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It was so fun to relive that time though your eyes! I always treasure slope time with you. Let’s do it again 🙂 I was actually holding the phone in my hand. Chris did that, too. That’s why it was all a bit shaky. We don’t have fancy cameras. The video eats the phone battery fast, so I was actually holding the phone open and holding the external battery pack together while we rode down with you 🙂
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All that, and you looked so relaxed!! Thank you for the lovely experience on the slopes and the video afterwards.
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Hey, I could do that! Your part, I mean! Heh, she’s so brave, that hill is sooo long and looks like quite a sloped angle!
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Both Chrissie and her husband were taking videos with their cameras held in their hands. They did that while snowboarding down the slopes!!
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They’re well-coordinated! 😁
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I saw Chris stand on his hands and ride a skateboard down a sloping driveway. Chrissie’s skill is new, but you are right. She has to be coordinated to do that.
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They’re both impressive!
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I think so, too.
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Well that would be fun – I remember the video from last year you posted. I’ve never been on skis or a snowboard and was pretty shaky on ice skates when I was young and had less of a distance to tumble to the ground.
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You grew too tall too fast.
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Agreed! Six inches taller than my parents since I was a teenager.
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Wow! Nathaniel is the tall one in our family. He is probably six inches taller than his dad, and he towers over his mother. Do yo know where your tall genes came from?
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My grandmother on my father’s side from what I understand. I never met them but my father said his mother was tall. My maternal grandparents were both short. I have a photo of my parents and me where I tower over them. It looks funny.
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I hope they celebrated your height. We enjoyed watching Nathaniel grow, and I get him to do tall things when he is here.
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They laughed about it a lot using the “milkman joke” or said someone switched babies at the hospital. I was only 4 pounds, 11 ounces when I was born and had to stay in the hospital a couple weeks until I fattened up a little. I was a full-term baby, just very tiny. Nathaniel is really handy to have around … I’m not a fan of climbing up on a ladder or stool.
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I don’t like climbing, either. I’m glad David is very willing to reach things, which he does easily.
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I never think about buying a snow rake and the calcium chloride pellets that you throw up onto the roof to help the snow melt more quickly, until we have a significant snowstorm, then I remember. I had a difficult time trying to remove snow from the awning over the side door … I was not going to get the ladder out because I would have to move the car out of the garage to access it and even at 5′ 9″ tall, I could not push too much snow from the awning onto the ground. A step stool doesn’t help much either. I’m not going to order those items now as I hope the worst of Winter is over, but I will have it in my arsenal for next Winter for sure.
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I hope the worst is over for you.
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I hope so too Anne and that weather-wise, we are creeping toward Summer soon. Tomorrow we get 2-4 inches of snow, beginning in the pre-dawn hours, then through the day and on Sunday, it will not be snow, but more likely freezing rain. Great. Must get the snowplow snow dump gone before the freezing rain.
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Your winter is lasting forever!
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Yes and I am sure most people are disgruntled with the Groundhog and his lousy prediction that has come to fruition. He should watch his back come Spring when he emerges from his burrow.
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