Skiing!

Today was a wonderful day. I went skiing for the very first time and they called me a "natural born skier." They may have just been being nice but I really had a great time cross country skiing and I only fell a few times. The snow was beautiful and you felt like you are gliding across the surface of the earth. We stopped at a place in the wilderness and shared some coffee and sandwiches for lunch. Then, we went snowmobiling and I got to drive one, too. Driving a snowmobile is a lot like driving a jet ski, only you know that if you get thrown off, the landing won't be as nice. Turning is a little bit more difficult, too. Having jet skiied, I was not afraid of the speed and I think that pleased my friends.

This trip has been a wonderful way to stretch my boundaries. I have become so careful in what I allow myself to do physically that I think I have limited myself. I was so worried about the skiing and thought I would wreck and cause my knee to have problems. I was careful, but I really didn't have any problems at all and I think this is a great confidence booster for me. I know that I limit myself more out of fear of having pain, than actually having experienced pain. As a wise president once said, "There is nothing to fear but fear itself!"

After the skiing and a tour of the town by ski, we came back home and had a sauna. Very hot! It felt like Louisiana in August. The funny thing is that Gunilla's cat, Jericho, a Himalayan, came into the sauna with us and stayed. I told Gunilla that I was worried that he would fry his little brain, to which she responded that he had no brain, so there wasn't any problem.

Tonight, we are having a supper of spaghetti bolognese -- which I love. Gunilla and Roger have made a wonderful place for me here -- and Sissi seems to like me too. (She is the cat in the picture.) We move on to the next stop tomorrow. Another adventure? Maybe!