I finally got off my keister, headed up to Tahoe, picked up my Heavenly season pass (oops) and had a day of skiing. It was great but it was exhausting. For one thing, I was seriously out of shape. I skied more than 20 days last season, but it's been almost 10 months and my legs and lungs got worked. Then there's this whole wake up a 5am, drive to the mountain, ski like a bat out of hell for 6 hours and drive 3 1/2 hours (traffic) back to the Bay Area. That's a seriously long day. I don't know how people do it. I can tell you I'm not exactly psyched to rush back. It knocked the stuffing out of me.

On the other hand, the day was awesome. It was over 50 degrees Farenheit. It was so hot, I had to stop and go back to the car to drop off some clothes mid-morning. The snow was in great shape considering they hadn't had anything new in more than 3 weeks. And the crowds were relatively sparse.

I want to ski more days this season. I need at least to get in 4 more days at Heavenly to make my pass worthwhile. I don't know if I'll be able to do it though (see above).