The Black Hills

It's late for me, so this won't be long.

After another quick week teaching, I had the pleasure of spending most of my MLK Jr weekend in the Black Hills. The Black Hills are a beautiful area of huge hills (mountains for those from NJ) that are heavily wooded with large coniferous trees. Within these hills lie old western towns such as Deadwood (made famous from the HBO series). Towns of a couple thousand or less that thrive on tourism and gambling. And throughout the Hills there are HUGE cabins that are often rented out for weekend getaways.

Well, I had one such getaway. The first night a three story cabin with a hot tub, enourmous kitchen, flat screen TVs, and foozeball table housed 27 teachers. The second saw around 20. And on that Saturday morning and afternoon I had my first trip skiing in over 10 years. And it was great! Even with it being my first skiing excursion since I failed a beginner course over a deade ago, I managed to ski intermediate slopes with only a few bailouts and bruises.

Next weekend will find me to the East instead of the Black Hills with a teaching conference. I hope to meet a few more national certified teachers and get more ideas for making progress with my students.