Snowboarding!

Take a good look at this picture... This is what I did this weekend! Granted, it wasn't EXACTLY like this picture. Imagine less of a jump and more of a flat-on-the-back lightning-fast ground slam, or sometimes the ultra classic flat-on-the-face 90° freefall. But other than our varied choices of popular snowboarder moves, I looked just like the dude in this picture, really. And today I look more like this:

So, yes; I had a snowboarding adventure in which I was incabale of breaking, turning, or staying upright. This isn't at all unusal for beginners, however what is unusual is when someone takes you litterally to the top of a mountain on a course labeled for experienced skiers only (translation: red) and then askes you to descend. I got off the ski lift and looked around and realized that it was several MILES to get back to the lodge. Most people take about 10-15 minutes to go down this slope. After a long, long two hours later, I was finished for the day and in a lot of pain. Fortunately, this pain is located mainly in the knees, ankles, wrists, thighs, calves, arms, back, and shoulders. However, this has not discouraged me from wanting try again some day soon, preferably on the GREEN beginners slope, which is more of a hill rather than a whole flipping mountain!