Skiing in the time of social distancing for Covid-19

Look at this beautiful corduroy I got to skate on!

During our first week of self-isolating, it was a big change to go from an empty nest of two middle-aged people to five people, three of whom are college-aged. It was also NDSU's spring break. Instead of having  abreak, I needed to figure out how to change my instruction from face-to-face in the classroom to online. I also needed to figure out how we could all live together without reverting to childhood routines. Pretty soon, I needed some stress relieving!

My younger son, Massimo, and I have a few things in common

Spring fever!

My solution was to drive out to Maplelag resort to catch some of the best spring cross-country skiing before the snow melted. On my first outing, it was just me and Enrico. We did not see anyone on the trails at all. Maplelag was closed for the season, but the conditions were holding steady.

The second time, I took Denali and Alessandro. The third time, Enrico, Massimo, Denali, and I went. There were a few more people who were there that time. Each time was superlative! Here are a few photos from those wonderful outings. Many thanks to Jay Richards for keeping the grooming going and making the most out of the dusting of snow we had that week. This was a great relief during the first week of social distancing due to the pandemic of Covid-19.

Denali, Enrico, and Massimo tried classic skiing, but it was a bit icy, so they switched to skate skiing.