MT. HOOD, OR (1974) "The Ski Bus!"

The girls looked great. The boys had their favorite shirts on. (I had both of my favorite shirts on, one under the other).

The first time I went skiing was I was maybe nine or ten.  I was with my family.  We went night skiing at Ski Bowl on Mt. Hood.  I apparently figured it out pretty quickly.  By the end of the night I was zipping around.

Night skiing was an unusual activity. To be outside, on a cold, snow-covered mountain, in the dark.  And then riding to the top of the …