Snowboarding

This morning we had our first snowboard lesson at the Turoa skifields up Mt Ruapehu with a nice American guy called Jacob, who has worked the past 12 ski seasons, so hasn't seen summer in 6 years. Poor guy.

We started pretty slow, jumping on the board and cruising along the flat, and then moved onto a really steady downslope. After about an hour or so we moved to the Alpine Meadow, which is the beginners slope, and tried to go down sideways, with the board at a right angle to the slope working on our balance. We both picked it up pretty quick, with Robyn zooming off and leaving me on my bum a few times! We rode the magic moving carpet back to the top and had a pep talk from our new snowboarding dude and we weren't too bad second time. I nearly ko'd someone having a private lesson but managed to jump out of the way just in time.

Robyn's gone off to work at King's this afternoon. I'm not working there anymore, certain 'personality and moral differences' being the reason for the decision. On the positive side it gives me time to look after Canoe Safari Lodge and the guests who stay here, which is actually the reason we came to Ohakune. I'll keep my eyes open for some work, but in the meantime I'm on check-in guests and dog walking duty.