Ashley Schaefer

This year Tom and I went to Seattle for our anniversary! We hung out with an old friend, Nick, and thusly were lucky enough to have a free room and chauffeur- LOL.

First of all, skiing is EXPENSIVE! Even with military discounts, 2 days cost us over $300, and almost as much as the plane tickets- ouch. It is definitely an expensive hobby! It is also a LOT harder than it looks! It doesn’t help that I have little coordination or physical ability to start with, hehehe.  I managed to only fall down a handful of times however. One of those falls led to me wrenching my shoulder back by slamming into a snow bank, and another in a giant bruise caused my whacking my calf on the edge of my opposite ski. But nothing broken and no trips to the hospital so I count it as a win!

Here are some photos of our fun ski time:

We also toured an old Bavarian mountain village, had fun hanging out with Nick, and saw the Space Needle:

It was a really fun mini-vacation. If you’ve never tried skiing, I definitely recommend it, but make sure you’re paired up with a buddy in case you get hurt & invest in lessons your first time out. Go snow-bunnies!!