Over Mid-winter break the boys and Chuck and I went to Schweitzer ski-resort for a week. We used one of Uncle Richards' time shares and stayed in a condo near Sand Point Idaho. The condos are right on Lake Pend O'reille with a great view of lake and snowy mountains. It takes about 40 minutes to drive to the slopes. We could stay closer, but this timeshare has a lot going for it- indoor pool, 2 hot tubs (one indoors, one outside) indoor tennis courts, pickle ball courts, basketball court,racketball courts, work out center, billiard room, ping pong tables, dvd rentals, video games, small grocery store. Everything to keep the boys and Chuck entertained when not on the slopes.
View from condo-note ski resort
The view from the ski slopes down to the lake was just as gorgeous!
There was certainly plenty of snow, great skiing- deep powder. I swear Schweitzer is the best kept secret!! No one on the slopes- you just ski right on the lifts. No waiting in the terrain parks, the half pipes,boxes and jumps are just wide open. The perfect place for someone like Sam who is just learning to snowboard. Wide open slopes to practice without fear of being run over, or running over someone else.The best part of all was a knock on our door late Tuesday night-
Rachel, Nate and Evelyn came for a surprise visit!!
We were so shocked to see them- Nate took some time off in the middle of the week to drive 9 hours from Rigby, Idaho to surprise us. It was wonderful to see them.
When we weren't skiing- we were recuperating from skiing
Like sitting in front of the fire doing Sudoku
napping
picking one's nose
checking the blogs that I follow and relaxing
making brownies
playing with Evelyn
and the most important......family bonding
and when we weren't recuperating from skiing, we were prparing to go again
waxing snowboards
Nater fixing Sam's broken binding
We took the time to do a little sightseeing as well, in Dad's new Subaru Outback that got us everywhere we wanted to go, no matter the weather
Sandpoint has two things I dearly love- Starbucks for yummy hot chocolate and the world headquarters for Coldwater Creek clothing store.
With hot chocolate, new clothes and my family around all is right with the world!!
