Breck Spring Break 2015, part 2

Catch up on Part I here!

Day 2 was Saturday.  While the rest of our party slept in and did other exciting things, our family (including Grandude) made our way up the mountain to watch The Boy compete in his first snow boarding competition.  I'm pretty proud of myself, because the trek included rides on a gondola, on a chairlift and a "brisk 10 minute" walk up  the side of a mountain for me to reach the competition viewing site.

We had a few confusing minutes trying to purchase this "adult walking ticket"...apparently not many people purchase tickets in the winter to not ski or board (surprise?).  It was so confusing that the young lady selling the tickets had to go get the help of a lady my age who giggled with me about "at least it uses a zip tie instead of those metal and sticker passes".

The Boy did well in his competition--it was ages 7 (and under) through 16 and he scored 4th overall, only two points off the 3rd place winner who got to go to the finals.  The kids who placed 1-3 were older, too, so we are all very excited!

He looks tiny, doesn't he?  My mother-in-law, after watching a video we shared with her, said he looked like a "little red gingerbread man".

He kept his race bib...perhaps to have it framed sometime!

While watching the competition, we made  ourselves comfy--it was super warm and The Girl and I made snow chairs and tiny little snowmen while watching the other competitors.  We also got a little sunburned and retreated under the trees for a little while!

We had lunch at the Vista House restaurant while waiting for results (did I mention he missed the finals by two points?) and then The Girl was nice enough to ride the chairlift and gondola back down the mountain with me.  She agreed,  by the way, going down on the chairlift is not a lot of fun...

Later, Mr IM, The Boy, and Grandude met us for a walk to get drinks before we headed back to the cabin to meet up with everyone else.  The Girl graciously babysat for all the younger kids so the adults could go out to Park and Main for a yummy dinner and a couple hours of adult time.  We all also managed to fit into one car, which was pretty awesome, since parking is so tight!