Ski trip with the kids, year two. This year Clayton wanted to learn to snowboard. He was a natural on skis, but snowboarding is soooo much cooler, right? We did our first day on Sugar Mountain in Banner Elk, NC and day 2 was at the Cataloochee ski resort near Maggie Valley, NC. Of course by day 2 he's going to start pushing the limits a little. I was behind him for his first major wipe out. As soon as his butt hit the snow he went into a spin and looked like a little helicopter spinning sideways in the air. That is until he hit the snow again in a cloud of flying snow. I went down to check on him, but he was fine so I said, "Let's go then." He couldn't because he was stuck like a pig. Like a good dad, my first reaction was "photo op".
Emma got the hang of skiing this year, and she liked Cataloochee much better than Sugar Mt. The green lifts were easier to get on and off, and the slopes were very friendly to beginners.
For Texans, it is quite a drive up to North Carolina, 13 hours making good time from Houston to Cataloochee, but it can be done in a long day.
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