Seattle 07 - Part IV

Now that I’m more rested I thought I’d share about an even that makes me appreciate life even more.

Back up on top of the green slopes I was about to make a right turn to continue my cautious decent, when a couple of skiers were right in front of me blocking my path. The problem is they were trying to squeeze between the trees and me. Think of it as a car speeding through a very red light as you are trying to make a right turn into an intersection. Suddenly I’m forced to make a hard right turn unexpectedly, which for a novice can lead to disaster.
I’m guessing you figuring out that nothing good came out of this encounter?

Wrong.

Soon after I turned I found myself gaining so much speed that I was unable to control myself. Jim and Joanie said that I was flying down the mountain so fast that when I rounded the corner I was gone, out of sight. What I saw was a blur of trees to both sides, and remembering how Sonny Bono left Earth I began to think I was royally screwed.

But, God had a different plan. Soon I found myself actually slowing down thanks to some much-appreciated placed inclined slopes. I was so ecstatic to have made a run like that without dieing or breaking a bone that I didn’t stop. I just kept going with a huge smile on my face, laughing hard and thanking God that I still had the chance to procreate.