Ski Day on Saturday

Saturday morning was beautiful. I ate breakfast and walked to the train station.  I purchased my ticket to the mountains 90 minutes away.

For $8 bucks I had a round trip rail ticket to Poprad. The train stops in Strba, a  ski resort, immediately across from the station.  Folks get off the train, walk about a 100 yards, stop at the canteen for that last minute candy bar,  buy their lift ticket, and put on their skies. I think it is wonderful!  No problems. It is so easy  to get up to the mountain.

Inside the train families, couples and kids were all heading up the mountain to enjoy the afternoon. Some people had their skies, and stacked them in the racks for that very purpose, others would simply rent. A couple boys were talking about their para-sail, that is something that looks like about a quarter of a parachute. As it fills with air it carries the skier along by the power of the wind. Kids were digging into the food packs to see what they could eat while they rode the train. Some children were hanging onto to their cool bobsleds. These are neat plastic sleds that looked like a miniature snowmobile with a steering wheel. Parents were enjoying coffee and tea and holding their children as they grew antsy.

Down below in the valley of Martin the weather was warming--about 45 degrees--and the snow was melting. Not so on the mountain. With higher elevations and lower temperatures the snow was great, and so was the day.