According to my Ski Tracks app, January 16 marked my 13th day on the slopes this season. Thank you Jiminy Peak! Pretty good when you consider last year I went seven times before slipping a disc in my back. And half those times were icy days that made the slopes not-so-fun.
Now, as I approach the one-year-mark of my 2017/18 season’s demise, I’m finding myself extra thankful for slope time.
Last summer I wrote about our new place in Massachusetts. We had a feeling we wouldn’t regret getting a place at Jiminy Peak, but we also didn’t realize how great it would actually be. Before we got the place, we talked with friends and locals and heard about the great grooming there. Sure enough, thanks to a bit of cold, snow guns, and grooming, we were able to hit the slopes November 17, 2018.
Since Chris and I can work from anywhere with an Internet, it’s really easy to set up an office slope-side. Check out my view as I work 🙂
You can’t see it in the picture, but there are some trails we can see from our window so when I look up, I can see skiers and boarders coming down.
My job allows me to choose the hours I work so I’m trying a new schedule out. Generally I work four 10-hr days, but I’m testing a five-day week. I generally work ten hours on Saturdays and Sundays, which isn’t a problem since the slopes are busier on those days. Then I work for four hours in the morning, and three hours at night. In the morning time, you will often find me working in front of this fire:
In the early afternoon I hit the slopes with my favorite snowboard buddy.
I work for a few more hours in the evening then either wind down in the hot tub or in front of the outdoor fire as I watch the skiers and boarders. Chris will sometimes grab extra runs then as well.
Of course, we aren’t always there. Often we are back in New York, enjoying the beauty of snow there as well.
The east coast hasn’t had much snow this year, but the slopes have been fine. My last two days there were amazing. I didn’t want to stop. And now we have a load of fresh snow thanks to the latest storm. I can’t wait to get back out there…
10 responses to “Starting my Year off Right – On the Slopes Again”
Lived a hundred miles south of Jiminy for twenty years, by it a few times in the summer and fall, never when snow was on the ground. Great workplace view.
Yes. One of our biggest surprises was how much we love it in the summer, too. Great hiking and camping around, and lots of happy families. Love it!
You’re way more adventurous than I am! That fireplace sure looks like a nice place to work. It’s one of my favorite workplaces too. I sit in front of our fireplace while editing my articles.
There is just something so relaxing about it, and I love hearing all the happy people around me. They have coffee/tea/cocoa in the morning and evenings, too, and sometimes cookies 🙂 I feel truly spoiled working there.
And I just love your job title.
Haha. Thanks. I do, too 🙂
The thought crossed my mind that “hitting the slopes” would have an entirely different meaning if I said it. If I were on a snowboard, I would hit the sloping ground, and it wouldn’t be pretty.
I do that all the time myself. I even wear gloves with wrist guards built in to protect my hands for work :). I’m not great at boarding, but I love it so! Snow, views, fun exercise. Can’t go wrong.
That’s great that you now look forward to snow. I enjoy everything but driving in it.
Love the pictures, too!