USA trip, day 12 - 4th February

Had a great meal at the hotel's main restaurant Ciero. Not cheap, but great food.
Got to the slopes early this morning, and it was well worth the effort. The chairlifts from the Nevada side start earlier than those from California side, so we managed to get to some of the better trails before the crowds arrived. The pistes were nice and smooth and we could throw ourselves about and get some speed up. Fab. After 10 a.m , we took a break, did a couple of runs, then a rather long break. It was really warm today and people were basking in the sunshine in t-shirts.

Skied a bit more, but the snow was turning into slush in places, and there were a lot of nasty ice patches to negotiate, so we returned to base and went back to the hotel.

We decided to go to find a Superbowl party. There's a big sports bar here, so we figured this is where it would be at. What a disappointment, there were a few folks watching the big screens, but they were playing poker on machines on the bartop at the same time. George mentioned how rarely he'd heard anyone swearing after deciding to go back to the room. Later, a few Chicago Bears fans came to the bar, and they made up for the lack of swearing we'd heard so far. One guy (who could get a part-time job as a fog horn if need be) kept yelling at the Chicago quarterback "You Suck", sounding more like something out of Beavis and Butthead (without the laugh). After the game was over I returned to the room past a stream of disgruntled Chicago fans streaming from the theatre where you could hear lots of cheering Indianapolis fans - so that's where the party was!