Three winters ago I discovered the Eldora Special Recreation Program.  This all volunteer program provides alpine, nordic, snowboarding and snow shoeing adaptive lessons to the disabled in our community.  We serve all people of all ages with a wide range of disabilities, with the focus on Safety, Fun and Learning, in that specific order.  I spend many of my winter weekends as either an adaptive instructor or supervisor.  This weekend was just that, which is why my goal is to stay awake until 8 pm tonight...two days on the mountain have left me totally exhausted, but in a very good way.

I got to see my Special Olympic buddy Mary.  I got the thrill of watching a young boy with Cerebal Palsy swoosh down the mountain in a bi-ski (specially designed alpine equipment for those who need to ski seated).  I got to conjole a young fellow to take his boots off - he had so much fun on his first day ever of skiing he didn't want it to end.  I also got to reconnect with many of the very amazing volunteer who are truly gifted instructors who could teach at any resort in Colorado, but prefer to donate their time and skill to ESRP. 

What a blessing to spend my winter weekends in this environment.  Yup, I am truly blessed.   Doesn't get much better than this, that's for sure. Ok, 22 minutes until I can go to bed!