we woke up early this morning to get out the door by 6:30am to make our way up to the mountain for skiing at mt. hood skibowl ski resort. conditions were fantastic - they got 10" overnight, and it was snowing lightly in the morning, and then partly sunny in the afternoon. my legs are pretty sore now, as this was my first day up, and i tend to snowplow my whole way down the mountain. i still had lots of fun, and j stayed with me the whole time! we stayed until 2-ish, and then left to beat the late afternoon return-from-the-mountain traffic jam.