We were spring skiing in Vermont this last week and had an absolute blast together.  There wer the usual hiccups that a family has on any long car ride but all in all we couldn’t have asked for a better holiday.  The weather was decent, with one solid day of rain, but 3 solid days of sun so all in all I can’t complain. 

What struck me though was the number of families skiing together…or should I say NOT skiing together.  There seemed to be so many parents dropping their kids off to ‘lessons’ for the whole day while they skiied.  I wonder if that’s lessons or daycare.  We always insist the kids have at least 2 half day lesson sessions when we go for a five day trip.  It’s to continue to improve technique, and frankly to get them to the parts of the mountain that my knees no longer can handle.  My husband took the sport up as an adult, so the kids passed his abilities a few years back - I am holding on to the edge of superiority BARELY. 

So back to my story, skiing for us is the ultimate family time.  No distractions from being together, except lunch!  No tv, blackberry, phones or friends.  Just us.  The kids have come to cherish our together time as much as my husband and I have.  I wonder why other families don’t see the joy in skiing together.  Oh well, each to their own.

By the way, I met a couple on the mountain making their way down gently who were both in their 70’s.  I had to take up conversation with them.  They had skiied out west earlier this year but wanted to get a few more days under their belt for this year.  Wow, I hope I am still on my skiis when I’m 70.