Snow Friday

Well the weather was terrible.  Rain.
In the order of things we don't like - Rain at the snow tops the list.

I was feeling sore from my stack on Thursday morning so I switched back to Skiing.  While the rest of the family went to their lessons, Chris and I decided to skip school and go exploring Mr Perisher.  We took the 8 way chair to the top of front valley and then skied down front valley and across to the quad chair.  Got off at Mid station and skied down happy valley and across to the Mt Perisher triple chair.  Took the triple chair to near the top of mt Perisher.  It was was foggy and rained all the way.  I was still feeling knocked and so we made our way back down via the 'Home run rope tow'.  Had a break in the food court between the 8 way and the quad.

12Noon, made our way over to the kids ski school to sign Jemma and Dan out.  Spent a few minutes in the Perisher center feeding them Hot Chocolate.  Dan was miserable. Finally convinced them to walk to 'Aldos' Pizza place in the ski tube terminal.  It was full so attempted to move to the afore mentioned food court.  Megan purchased mini doughnuts to sugar Dan and Jemma up then she went ahead because the older kids needed an adult with them at the food court.  I then coaxed Dan and Jemma over.  Megan appeared at the door to the 'Manor' hotel and we entered for a far more civilised lunch in their restaurant.  This turned out to be the best move.  It was quiet, comfortable and the prices were very reasonable.  As a comparison, Nachos at mid station are $16.50 and main courses at this restaurant were around $18.  The hot chocolates were $5 and came in glasses with liquid chocolate 'painted' on the inside as compared to the normal price for takeaway hot chocolates of around $4.50 or even an unbelievable $7.50 at mid station.

After this leisurely lunch we went and hired two toboggans.  $10 ea for a half day ($12 for a full day).  It was still drissling but it stopped and the sun snuck through a couple of times.

Jacob & Marcus build a snow man?