SKI UTAH

I finally got to go skiing today. It has been snowing the last couple of days and more is in the forecast. Today was the best day, so off to Brighton I went. I usually would go for 9 a.m. and not miss a minute of skiing, but I thought I'd let the clouds move out a bit so I got there at 9:30 a.m.

And wouldn't you know it, a POWER OUTAGE. None of the lifts were working. I should have expected something when the power was out in the rest room and I had to feel my way to a stall.

Lots of people were here and no power. Then at 10:30, they opened the lifts with generator power. We could ride on every other chair. This made the lines long, but better than nothing.

Then at about 1:30 p.m. the power came on so the lifts worked regularly.

It was a great day for skiing. The snow was incredible. You wouldn't believe it was April. There was powder all over the groomed lifts. I've never experienced powder like this, so I had to learn quickly.

My nose and cheeks got a bit red, even with some sunscreen. Maybe because it was snowing. Part of the morning you couldn't see down to Heber, we were in the clouds.

I'm so glad I got to go skiing today and it all worked out ok.