We managed to make it to about 12:02 before a New Year’s kiss, a little champagne, and then off to bed. We wanted to get up and snowboard this morning before the long drive home.
Even though we did not party or even stay up that late, it wasn’t an early start. By the crack of 10:00 we were on the lifts in the beautiful blue sky. It was a cool scene with fog filling the entire Lake Pend Oreille valley and the surrounding lowlands. The top of the ski area rose up out fo the fog for most of the morning and we enjoyed the bright sun. The temperature difference between the top in the sun and the bottom in the fog was striking.
The fog ate up the bottom of the area so it looked a little like a ridge to nowhere.
The sun made up for the fact that the snow had really firmed up and Friday’s storm totals were pretty firm. Not the most fun on a snowboard in most of the terrain, but we still found plenty of places to have fun for a couple hours.
One the way home we made a quick stop in Spokane for a few more supplies and then kept heading home. The weather was much better this trip than on the way up. Tomorrow it is back to work on the van. Now that we have hit the slopes we are going to be longing for more so we need to get the van in sufficient condition to hit the road for longer trips.