For Christmas this year, we gave ourselves cross country skis. We have talked about cross country skiing for a number of years. Last winter we had more snowfall, more like our childhood winters and we are supposed to again this year. We decided this was a good year for skis.

The skis are lightweight and sleek and we had neither one of us been on a pair of skis ever. Until today. Oh wait! I put mine on yesterday . . .

















We headed out to Missouri about nine this morning. In Iowa the temperatures were already climbing. Des Moines was predicting a high of 50 degrees or more. We supposed then, that Missouri would get as warm or warmer. In Iowa the snow on the ground was starting to disappear so we worried on the drive whether we'd still have snow once we got to Mo. Not to worry! We did have snow and as it turned out the temps weren't as warm today in Mo as they were in Iowa so it turned out to be a great day to practice skiing.

We were cautious and careful. The snow was melting in places and slick and then crusted over in places and more slick! We praticed our gliding and sliding and horizontal steps and talked about stopping and turning although we have not nearly perfected stopping and turning. We did get pretty good at falling. If we get better at falling we won't have to perfect the stopping and turning!

We will need to get better at one or the other tho because we will go back for more. We both enjoyed it and had a fun day. We are looking forward to trying the skis in new, powder snow. We think that might be easier.
Let it snow . . . bet you never thought you'd hear me say that!