Skiing

Nummer 12 am Start. Startkommando läuft. 3,  2,  1,  ab! This is what we would hear once every year, in the beginning of February. It was the local ski race. Yes, skiing is very Austrian. Everyone learned how to ski when they were two. At least in our family. We always used to ski in Austria. And once every year, we would participate in the annual ski race. Now we are in Canada. The World Champion Racing Track is not just around the corner. But we cannot let a year go by without skiing once. So we went to one of the best ski hills in all of Ontario. Actually, it was so good, that they had the under 16 provincial championships the day we were there. It had some pretty steep slopes. One tiny detail. It is one of the only skiing hills in Ontario. Okay, apparently there are 55 ski hills in Ontario. Wow. The skii resort were we went to, had a height difference of 210 meters. By the way, we went to ``Calabogie Peaks Resort´´. One of the ski hills with the biggest height difference in Ontario. It is not quite the same like in Austria, but it was also very nice. When we arrived, we went to the baby area. Not because we are babies or ski like babies, (well you never know how well babies can ski) but to let Josiah get used to skiing again. After Josiah was skiing all right. We went to the only chairlift open (there were only two). When we arrived at the top, we saw a sign saying: easiest way down. So we went that way. Just to see what it was like. On their website they say that they´re longest run is 1.2 miles. So 1.93 kilometers. For all mathematicians: The height from the base to the top is 210 meters. The length of the slope is 1.93 kilometers. What is the average angle of the slope? For everyone to remember: MATH IS INTERESTING!!!!!!!! And you need it in life. Anyway, we noticed that even Josiah could go down that hill. While Josiah and the others were going down that slope, my Dad, Rebecca and I (This is Jonathan writing again) tried some other slopes. There was one slope where we could practice on. And of course have fun. It seemed pretty short, because it took about ten minutes to get up with the chairlift and less than half the time to get down it. But it was fun. Skiing, spending time together, having fun. What more do you want? We also got the gopro out and started filming.

After skiing we drove up to our property, because it was not too far away and checked how the sap was running. Nothing. But in the next few days the weather should get warmer, so that the sap will flow. Hopefully we don´t need to wait until July before we can start boiling. 😉
Have a great week!!!!

Jonathan