Dear family and friends
Today was an easy sleep-in-drink-coffee-and-relax-while-we-watch-the-Rose-Parade morning! Austin and I eventually skied across the mountain and met up with Regina, Xixi and Grayson who drove to the Main Lodge where Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra (DSES) is located. We managed to make it with some time to spare for his 1:00 lesson!
Yesterday I spoke about how well Grayson was skiing for someone in his condition. Here is the video I promised from January 1st. It may take a little time to load, so I'll apologize in advance!
Today Grayson did extremely well. He was with some of his favorite instructors and they took him on an adventure! He was doing well enough that they decided it was time to move from the Discovery Chair to a bigger hill. Today he did an intermediate run – Mambo – and he did very well. He is skiing in control, knows how to stop, and knows how to avoid other skiers. His turns were looking very good and his skis were nice and parallel. One run was about enough for his legs and we decided not to push it, retiring back to the discovery chair for some fun.
After we departed DSES for the day, we walked to the car. Xixi asked Grayson to get in the car and he tried, but his gloves didn't allow him to properly engage the handle. On his own initiative he removed his gloves, opened the door and climbed in. Good problem solving Grayson!
Tonight we watched the tail end of the Rose Bowl (yea Ducks!) and the Fiesta Bowl (sorry Trees) as we prepared a simple dinner of Cajun Salmon on mixed greens. We made sure everyone had their 5 servings of fruits and vegetables today!
It's 10:30 and everyone is already in bed. Must be REAL vacation!
Pax!
Brant
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