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Last weekend we went over to Taos for some skiing. Candice left early on Saturday morning to go skiing with our friend Tom. I stayed home for a few more hours and then took Pia, Tom’s wife Pam and their daughter Sofia up to Taos. We had all booked rooms at the El Monte Sargrado Hotel and Spa in Taos. At 3:30pm we all met there, moved into our rooms and then hit the bar for some appetizers and beers. In the evening we ordered some room service and had a nice dinner in one of the rooms. Would have been way too difficult to keep the kids under control in El Monte Sagrado’s dining room. Going to the room was certainly a better choice.
The next morning Candice, Pia, Tom, Sofia and I went up to the Taos Ski area which was about 30 minutes from the hotel. Taos had received a foot of snow a few days earlier and because of that it was not completely dead up on the mountain.
I had no idea how difficult it was to get two little kids organized: dressing them up, supplying some hot chocolate, finding the right rental gear, dressing them up again, etc. etc. - how a single parent can do that with more than one child, is just beyond me.

Ready to hit the snow

Getting geared up

The four of them went on the bunny hill and I stayed behind with the photo-/video-camera to capture them from a safe distance. It was a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine and, according to Candice and Tom, about 15 degrees warmer than the day before.

Tom and Sofia on the lift

On the lift

Mama and Pia on the slope

Tom and Sofia on the slope

Like last time the girls had a blast and enjoyed the runs down the mountain. Of course they also enjoyed being on the ski-lift high, high up there. Needless to say that after a few hours everybody was exhausted from the exercise and the fresh air. Just around lunch time we called it a day and reversed the initial setup process.

After skiing

Tom and Sofia at the car

Back at the hotel we packed our stuff and headed back home to Santa Fe. Pia finally fell asleep in the car just before we arrived back home. She had a nice 1-hour nap in the car. Thanks Pam, Tom and Sofia for a nice weekend!