No pain, no gain?

We made it to the mountain earlier today than we had managed so far, early enough, in fact, to squeeze in a short run before our lesson began.  We hoped that our daughter would be grouped with some more advanced skiers, so that she could challenge herself and ski parts of the mountain that her mother and I might not be comfortable attempting.  Unfortunately, she was the easily the best skier in the group lessons today, so she was grouped with her parents and three others who were about our skill level.  We spent the day working on our mogul skiing skills, trying to master the basic skills that would allow us to ski in the bumps without it feeling either like a death trap or an extreme workout.

Our instructor was excellent, and she had a way of explaining what she wanted us to do that made it easy to understand.  Implementing her suggestions was a bit more difficult, but by the end of the day, I felt like I had made some measure of progress towards being a better skier in the bumpy terrain.

Tomorrow promises to be our first bluebird day, a clear, sunny day under blue skies.  Skiing with my good camera is a bit of a pain, since it is bulky and heavy, but the promise of potentially capturing some great photos will motivate me.  I expect that we will also spend a fair bit of time on mogul runs, trying to practice everything we learned today.  I'm a little worried that the only things my daughter learned today were new ways to torture her parents!