Rhode Island

Ta-dah! I traveled 2822 miles in 12 days to snowboard in 10 states and it all worked out just as planned. I completed my trip today, having snowboarded at Yawgoo Valley, the only ski resort in the state of Rhode Island. This resort was small, but they had lots of snow on all of their trails. I had a lot of fun considering it was such a small place. Each trail was very different and there were plenty of little jumps to hit along the sides of the trails. There were a lot of people taking group lessons learning to snowboard. I had a couple of teenage girls asking me questions before their lesson began. They wanted to know what they would do when they got to the top of the chair lift, and I told them they would fall. I showed them how to rest their loose back leg on the stomp pad of the board when they got off the lift. Later I saw them in their lesson and every one was falling repeatedly. I'm so glad those days are long past!

So, I know I had a great vacation because when I pulled in my garage, the first thing I thought of was when I could next go snowboarding. I tried to think of which resort was my favorite and I didn't have a favorite. They all had good and bad points. I would have to say though, that none of them compared to any of the resorts I have right in my backyard here in New Hampshire. We have so much more snow cover, and much longer runs, and terrain parks that are full of many more features and they are all professionally maintained. I'm glad I went on my trip; it was great to drive and see the mountains along the east coast and visit each state's resorts, but I will be content to keep snowboarding up here for a long time to come. There are 21 resorts right here in New Hampshire, and almost all of them are less than three hours away.