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| Our Sunriver Condo |
I work in the Outdoor Program at Oregon Tech and because of this I have had the most awesome opportunities to go on outdoor adventures! This past weekend (February 7-9th) I led a group of 12 students to Mt. Bachelor for a two day snowboarding/skiing trip. We stayed in the Sunriver condos about 15 miles outside of Bend, Oregon, which if you have never been to before, are absolutely beautiful! I had my own personal hot tub right outside of my room on the balcony and a fire place 4 feet from my bed. This was probably in my top 3 favorite things about this weekend.
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| The view from my bedroom |
The drive however was pretty sketchy to get there. We left Friday night at 5:30pm in the middle of a snow storm. Literally, STORM. The usual 2 hour drive took us about 3 and a half. The upside to this was that because of the storm, Saturday was a powder day! Now for most snowboarders, this would be the best thing in the world! For me though... It was the worst. This is my 2nd full year snowboarding which accounts to a total of 8 times ever snowboarding in my life. I am barely able to stay straight for a quarter of the mountain down on groomed trails. But then to add 3 to 6 feet of powder, made it miserable! It takes "snowboarding" to a whole different level. It's like learning to snowboard all over again but worse! I had to have fallen at least 30 times down the first run. After my last epic crash of three summersalts and landing on my head right before the end of the run, it was game over for me. Fortunantly, I have the BEST and most patient boyfriend in the entire world. He took me into the lodge, bought me hot cocoa with whipped cream and sat there with me while I pouted like a little baby about how much I hated the powder. And he is an experienced rider of 14 years who LOVES this kind of a day. After about 30 minutes of sitting there, I finally got over myself and went back out, thankfully the trails were a little more groomed down which made the rest of the day pretty awesome! That night we had an awesome dinner and then went hot tubing for the remainder of the night. Sunday was a pretty amazing day on the mountain. It was foggy at first but then cleared up with blue skies. I can't wait till I can make it up there again and the summit be open so I can get some pictures from the top of the mountain!
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| The gear car loaded and ready to hit the mountain |
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| Snowball fight! These grown men are like children when you put them in some snow:) |
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| Up on the mountain having a great time! |
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| The shoveled out pathway to get from our cars to the condo |
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| This man makes my heart so happy! He is by far the most patient man I have ever met in my life. He treats me like the princess I didn't know I could feel like. He is always looking out for my best interest and there for me no matter how busy he is. I could not possibly be happier than I already am ♥ |
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| The fireplace in my room. Amazing♥ |
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| Sunday around 12pm |
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| Sunday around 2pm. So beautiful!Something you just have to be at and see with your own eyes to fully capture the experience of Mt. Bachelor♥ |
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