Hey everyone,
if you thought that exercising winter sports in North Carolina during this time of the year is impossible, you were utterly wrong! But where to find the necessary snow? Answer: Sugar Mountain Ski Resort!
It's about a 3,5 hours drive from Chapel Hill, so Herbert had this brilliant idea to go there last Saturday, and long story short we packed a few things and hit the road towards North Carolina's probably best spot for downhill skiing.
We had a lot of fun on the road trip. Driving on an American highway while listening and singing to loud Aerosmith music really is one hell of an experience! Time flew and we reached our destination at about 2 pm, which is okay as we were going to take full advantage of the twilight-ticket, allowing us to hit the slopes until 10pm! Herbert chose to run down the hills via Snowboard, I went for skis. As soon as we were geared up we headed towards the nearest lift to take a shot at the first few tracks. After a couple a of test runs we went all the way up to the top and had a blast. Although most of the snow was artificial and therefore quite icey, it was most enjoyable.
Around 9pm the sun set and the lights went on as we continued to go downhill. When the lifts closed, we both were really exhausted and felt blessed for this wonderful day. It was quite hard, at least for me to keep oneself awake during the return, and as soon as we arrived at our apartment I almost instantly fell into my bed. Unfortunately the skiing season is now over for the year, but even though travelling almost 7 hours just for one day of skiing was totally worth it!
Ok, enough talking for now as I need to get some work done.
Have a good one!
-Jan
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