Yesterday it was sunny at first, but when we went to go downhill skiing, it was cloudy and it even snowed for a little while. Only after we were almost finished did it start to be sunny again ha ha...Nonetheless we had fun as usual. This time I decided to take a few videos of the others after I went sliding down 6 times he he...
Here's the compilation of the short video clips. I don't have much time to pretty it up, unfortunately, but you get the idea...there are different tools in the video clips: Stiga, miniskis, and sliders.
I've added some annotations in the video clip, but it won't show too well, so here's the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2vvMY2mgKo Here are some pics I took:
MIL has prepared a special kind of cake. She looked up some recipes online and decided to try one. It was SO tasty!!! :-D Yum yum...My parents-in-law and my MIL's elder sister are coming to visit us on Wednesday. I'll have Wed off since I had done some overtime at the library already this month. WHOOPPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Maybe I should bake something for them on Tuesday he he he he he...We'll see!!!
Although last Saturday wasn't a sunny day. In fact, it rained water for some time, we managed to spend time sliding down the hill again in Kelujärvi. We = Me, R2, R2's second brother + girlfriend. They even brought a Stiga with them. Click on the link to see the picture if you don't know what a Stiga is (I don't know the English name he he...).
Here are some pictures as promised and two video clips. I didn't take too many pics or videos since it was such wet weather and I didn't want to wet my digicam he he he...so after taking the videos, I took it back to the car.
1st pic: The Preparatiooonnnn...R2 had his miniskis on.
2nd pic: Me in my glory HA HA HA HA HA...;-D
3rd pic: The venue!
4th pic: These tracks were made two weeks ago when we went there the first time.
5th pic: I zoomed in on the tracks so you can see them better.
OK, so let me show you how R2 got up. It seems easy if you view the video, but it's NOT easy at all...especially since I'm not used to it, I was always the last one to go up ha ha ha ha...
6th pic: That was also the track I made two weeks ago. I slid my way down from the spot where I took this pic. Actually, the snow shoes did help me get up easier, but then again since they are kinda big and wide, they are a bit heavy (especially 'coz I had to really pick my feet UP - couldn't shuffle them in the thick snow), but that meant I burnt more calories that way, right? HO HO HO HO HO...
7th and 8th pic: Just to show you the view. :-)))
Now here's a short video clip to show you how much fun I had when sliding down the hill hi hi...
Last Saturday I decided to go up the top of the hill just like the others. When I slid down from there one time, I SPUN in the middle so that my head was downward (facing the sky) and here is the picture of me after I stopped sliding down he he he he he...
Last pic: A good pic of us HE HE HE...
Hope to go there again sometime this year before all the snow is gone HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO...:-D
Saturday I was finally able to coak R2 into doing downhill skiing - he was using miniskis, whereas I used my Big Slider. Remember my Big Slider? If not, here's the pic:
So the bottom line is that I sat down on the "butt" section and held on to the rounded part while sliding down the hill. The problem was that it was TOUGH for me to get up the hill without skis under my shoes. I kept on falling deeper and deeper into snow so that R2 had to go back down and make "snow steps" to help me up. When it was getting steeper and steeper, I almost had to crawl so that I wouldn't slide down ha ha ha ha ha...
The first time I slid downhill, it wasn't smooth since the snow was too thick. The second time I did it, it was FANTASTIC!!! But I made a mistake...R2 told me that I should've kept my legs up so that my legs wouldn't hinder my slideeeeee...so I did as told the next time and WOOSSSSHHHHH...It was SO MUCH FUN!!! I could do it MUCH MUCH better than when I tried miniskiing ---> it was more scary standing up while sliding down and not knowing HOW TO STOP!!!
With my Big Slider, since I was sitting down safely, I could really let myself go...so I kept on going back up the hill and down...WOOOHOOOOO!!!! Unfortunately there're no pics since R2 advised me not to take it up. I'm GLAD I took his advice, remembering how hard it was to get up there without skis. However, I promise that next time I'll take some pics or short video clips, OK?
I'm ordering myself some snow shoes that R2 said would help me go up the hill easily. This is the pic of the snow shoes I ordered (the cheapest pair we've found online HO HO...):
Can't wait to go to the hill again HE HE HE HE HE HE HE...
Haven't been in the mood to do anything much lately, including blogging and blog-hopping. Anyway, just want to show you the birthday gifts from R2. Can't wait to try out my Big Slider next spring HO HO HO HO HO HO HO...Since he didn't know what to give me, I could choose my own gifts he he he he...so I chose the Big Slider and a baking pan.
First pic: Tried sitting on it and my buttocks fit perfectly HO HO HO HO HO...R2 said that I'd need to hold on to the handle and then SLIIIIDDDEEEEE my way down a snowy hill later. WHOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Second pic: My new baking pan. I made banana/kiwi marmer cake and it tasted SO good that I'm going to make more tonight HA HA HA HA HA HA...
I'll blog-hop tomorrow. Take care and hope you're all in good shape! It's been snowing A LOT here in Sodankylä. There's already at least 50 cm of snow on the side of the streets. Lovely lovely lovely!!!!! ;-D
