My name is Austin. For Spring Break two of my fraternity brothers, Slick and Lumberjack, and I went to my aunt and uncle's condo in ski country in northern Vermont. On the first day there it turned out that three college women were using the unit immediately next door. The six of us became immediate friends and that night Jamie, Kayla, and Lindsey joined us...
* Beginning of Day Two at the Mountain * Part 3 They wake up to a cloudy cold day, the snow is falling and is creating such a hush in the air, they can hear every single sound around them. Everything is covered in a fresh blanket of white snow. John and Laura stand on the balcony of their hotel room, snuggled next to each other, sipping coffee, and watching...
When your parents stick you with a name like Charlie Brown, the Christmas season can be somewhat... challenging. Even if it was a family name from long before Charles Schultz thought up his cartoon characters. For that reason, Charlie Brown, the guy, not the cartoon character, decided that this year there would be no lame trees, bad Christmas carols, shit...
Imagine the two of us on a day hike into the winter hills. We pack light and travel fast, confident that our unquenchable energy and thirst for each other will sustain us as we explore the dark and mysterious wood. We follow a secluded path along a winding and neglected trail. Crunching through the twisted, snow-capped brush, we trudge silently along. Ene...
I checked in to this little ski resort ‒ it's a golf resort meant for the summer really, but a short drive from the ski hill, the best in Ontario (which isn't saying much) so they are obviously trying to attract some ski business, although nobody seems to know about them yet. The place is a hotel with a little timeshare section added on, the whole place bran...
She was not sure about this. Actually, she was about as far as one could be from sure. The sensation of sweat forming on her brow tickled, and it fogged her goggles. The mere fact that she was warm was something she was not prepared for. After all, she was standing well over five thousand feet above sea level on a mountain covered in 20 inches of brand new s...
The following tale is based on factual happenings during a ski trip I took with a friend when I was younger. It is my first attempt at writing, and any comments you may have will be appreciated. Please send them to me at the address in my profile. This all happened a long while ago now, back when I was around 26 or 27. I'd gone off to France skiing with a g...
Everyone had said they'd love it. But it was better than that. A season in a ski resort, well to be fair, the best ski resort in the world with some of the richest and most famous frequenting it: Courchevel, in the French 3 Valleys. The sort of place where private school educated girls like them went after they'd finished at uni. Okay, the hours as a chale...
What do you get your husband for a twentieth anniversary gift? ...Something special and perhaps memorable. It's supposed to be something of China, porcelain, or craft-like art. I put the coffee mug down that said "World's Best Husband." I didn't know what to get him. That evening Rob and I talked about the milestone date and together we decided on a trip,...
My friends really let me have it when I told them I would be bringing my girlfriend along for this year's ski trip - it's normally a guy thing. But this years is feeling more like a good idea every minutes as the two of us cuddle close on the lift ride to the top of the mountain. Since we just arrived this afternoon, it has been a short day of skiing, but...