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Skiing Our Way Through The Global Pandemic
Why is it that an exposed mountaintop feels like the safest place on earth right now?
In the midst of grocery store chaos and mass cancellations, it seemed strange to load up the car this morning to go skiing like we do every Saturday.
On the other hand, a ski mountain is an ideal place to practice social distancing. Everyone is wearing goggles, a face mask, gloves and helmets and we all work hard to ski much more than 3 feet apart from each other.
So our family of four packed sandwiches and drove to the mountain, taking a break from our usual classic rock mix to listen to the dreary news about Covid-19 on NPR.
When we pulled in the parking lot, we were able to nab a primo parking spot just a hundred yards from the lodge. On a typical day, such luck would be cause for celebration.
But today it fell a little flat because we knew it was because so many people were opting to stay home.
Should we have stayed home?
The answer was clear once we put on our gear and got on the chairlift. We would have been crazy to stay home because the day was gorgeous, with abundant blue skies and birds chirping. . The fresh air and bright sun took my mind off current events and I was able to just feel great.
