Mormons and Germans oh my...

As I sit here icing my elbow and shoulder, I knew it would come to this. Some sort of slight injury. I started the day off with service at The Mormon Tabernacle. Their choir is ridiculous, they must have had 400 people in the choir. Very different kind of service. Cool experience.

This afternoon a couple guys from the camp and myself took the shuttle to the Solitude Ski Area. We decided to go snowboarding. Keep in mind I haven't been on a snowboard since I was a teenager. And I'm also dealing with a touch of altitude sickness, which messes with your balance. Needless to say about an hour into boarding everyone was calling me Chris Farley. I was falling all over the place! We met up with a group of Germans who were literally insane! So we joined groups up and tore up the mountain side. The Germans thought I was the funniest person they had ever met. We did some trails through woods. And I got ran over by two different ski lifts as I was trying to get off! They had to stop the whole lift, people were pissed. My guys and the Germans were falling down they were laughing so hard. Every time we would go to get on of off a lift they would get their cameras ready just in case I was going down.

I fell down so many times, and on one of the last runs as it was starting to get dark, I fell hard and torqued my elbow and shoulder. It was totally worth it though!

I had a freakin blast today with the guys from my group. And the German dudes were the craziest and loudest guys I had ever met. They said they love America! When we parted thay all hugged and kissed me. I get the idea that they are the kind of people that have experiences wherever they go. I want to live more like that. Having my own experiences instead of watching other people have theirs.

We finally ate dinner together at the bar on the slopes. It was amazing hearing stories about peoples lives from all over the world. They kicked us out of the lodge cause we were being too loud. It was awesome. I need to get kicked out of places more often. It was invigorating!

The best part is that they are here for a couple more weeks for some convention. So next Saturday we are all planning on getting together again and going on a day long snowmobile adventure way up in the mountains! You gotta throw some fun in right?

Anyway the camp doc checked me out and said I would be sore but nothing was seriously injured. Nothing some ice cant fix. By the way the doctors name is Ben Pepper. Dr Pepper!!!

Tomorrow is go time! It kicks off the first full day of the program. I'm ready!

I miss you all!
vanwinkle out!