{"id":3181,"date":"2018-01-16T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2020-06-30T22:46:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T03:46:26","slug":"homestead-ski-trip-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/2018\/01\/16\/homestead-ski-trip-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Homestead Ski Trip 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/2018\/01\/16\/homestead-ski-trip-2018\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3182 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180114-IMG_4794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180114-IMG_4794.jpg 600w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180114-IMG_4794-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180114-IMG_4794-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><small>&#8216;The view from the outdoor deck at the Homestead Ski Lodge&#8217; &#8211; Hot Springs, VA<\/small><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3181 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180115-IMG_4799.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180115-IMG_4799-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180115-IMG_4799-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180115-IMG_4799-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180115-IMG_4799.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180120-IMG_4800.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180120-IMG_4800-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180120-IMG_4800-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180120-IMG_4800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180120-IMG_4800.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180206-IMG_4796.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180206-IMG_4796-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180206-IMG_4796-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180206-IMG_4796-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/20180206-IMG_4796.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Several months ago we were invited to go skiing for the long Presidents Day weekend. Our good friends, the Baur&#8217;s, have been going to Hot Springs, Virginia for years and this year they asked us to join them. Nether their son nor ours has ever been on ski&#8217;s before, and they have told us that this is a great place for kids to learn to ski. The Omni Homestead Resort, located about 45 minutes southwest of JMU in Hot Springs, is about a three and a half hour drive from DC and surprisingly classy for an older hotel. The rooms are moderately priced go fast, so you have to book well ahead of time to get a holiday weekend reservation.<br \/>The ski area is small compared to most local ski resorts, but they do have a nice size ski lodge with several fire places, including an outdoor one on the deck, a bar and food service for lunch. There is only one double chair lift which will take you to either the midway-station or the top of the hill. After seeing the operation I would totally agree that for young beginner skiers, this is a perfect place for them to learn. The ski instructors here are young and really good with the kids. We had Dylan and his friend take two lessons and they absolutely loved it! By the end of the second day they were almost ready to go to ride the lift up to the midway-station.<br \/>Considering this was Dylan&#8217;s first time on ski&#8217;s ever&#8230; I thought he did very well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/photo.oceanimagery.com\/frame\/slideshow?key=bVmqFN&amp;autoStart=1&amp;captions=0&amp;navigation=1&amp;playButton=1&amp;randomize=0&amp;speed=3&amp;transition=fade&amp;transitionSpeed=2\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Foceanimagery.com%2Fjournal%2F2018%2F01%2F16%2Fhomestead-ski-trip-2018%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 0px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The view from the outdoor deck at the Homestead Ski Lodge&#8217; &#8211; Hot Springs, VA Several months ago we were invited to go skiing for the long Presidents Day weekend. Our good friends, the Baur&#8217;s, have been going to Hot Springs, Virginia for years and this year they asked us to join them. 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