Maryanne came down to visit us in Medford this last weekend. It was great to share where we live with someone! She drove down on Friday and just as I was calling her to check on where she was (thinking she was probably about an hour away). She told me she was outside the front door! I really didn't believe her at first because I figured what were the odds I'd call her right then? But yes, it was true, Maryanne had left work early to surprise me! So that was great to have a little extra time together on Friday night.
Saturday we had decided we wanted to go snowboarding. Partly to get Maryanne up on a mountain slope prior to going down the run in the Pole Pedal Paddle. Especially since she hasn't been up snowboarding in years! As we left the weather here was a bit foggy, but not too bad. We got to the mountain and it was definitely a bit stormy and one of their lifts was closed, but we decided this was our only opportunity and "it wasn't that bad." =) The snow was actually really nice. It was fresh from the night before and the wind wasn't too bad on the side of the mountain we were boarding on. But when we road back to the other side of the mountain to stop for lunch and warm up (my toes were freezing for some reason), we found the "storm" brewing and getting worse!
It was so windy you felt like you were walking forward but getting no where! And there really was poor visibility. We ate lunch, and I was actually the one saying we should just stop, but Tobin and Maryanne wanted more. So Maryanne and I made a few more runs and after several falls, one where Maryanne kind of hit her head hard and had a headache. We decided the lodge sounded WONDERFUL! So we left Tobin to enjoy doing fast runs alone, and headed back! Now it was even worse. I felt like we were in the Antarctic (see Maryanne below!)
with the wind and dry snow blowing around. It was hard even to see one another just a few feet in distance! But Maryanne and I made it to the lodge and enjoyed some caffeinated coffee (we were rudely told that they "did NOT have decaf!") and some cheesy nachos! Tobin stayed out another hour or so and finally decided it was enough for him too! 
Not an ideal day, but one with many memories. =)
It was so windy you felt like you were walking forward but getting no where! And there really was poor visibility. We ate lunch, and I was actually the one saying we should just stop, but Tobin and Maryanne wanted more. So Maryanne and I made a few more runs and after several falls, one where Maryanne kind of hit her head hard and had a headache. We decided the lodge sounded WONDERFUL! So we left Tobin to enjoy doing fast runs alone, and headed back! Now it was even worse. I felt like we were in the Antarctic (see Maryanne below!)with the wind and dry snow blowing around. It was hard even to see one another just a few feet in distance! But Maryanne and I made it to the lodge and enjoyed some caffeinated coffee (we were rudely told that they "did NOT have decaf!") and some cheesy nachos! Tobin stayed out another hour or so and finally decided it was enough for him too! Not an ideal day, but one with many memories. =) That night Maryanne cut my hair (it's really cute, I'll have to take a picture and post it later) and cut Tobin's hair, and then we went out with Jenna (Tobin's Med school classmate) to eat at a yummy Mexican restaurant and enjoyed Margaritas and Dinner.
Sunday we went to church, and then we wanted to go out to breakfast. Of which I remembered there was a Black Bear restaurant in Medford, but wasn't too sure of where. Well, after 30 minutes of driving around Maryanne called AJ and he looked it up on the Internet! Thanks to navigator AJ! What did we ever do without cell phones and the Internet? Breakfast was delicious! Then Maryanne headed home, with an uneventful drive. =)
I love living closer to family now!
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