"Ukrainian" Upgrade

"The Ukrainian" and I went snowboarding a couple of weeks ago at a relatively un-snowy Mammoth Mountain.  He is an experienced boarder, but it had been a while since I actually went along to the slopes.  I usually just stay in whatever hotel or lodge we happen to be near and "work on my dissertation."

But now that the dissertation is out of the picture, I had no excuses.  Four hours of lessons later, I kind of got the hang of it, but I spent the majority of the stay in bed from post-boarding soreness and the cold in general.

When we headed back, we made a little pit stop at a place called Convict Lake.  "The Ukrainian" must have weakened his knee or something, because he got down on one of them at the spot below...

...and all of a sudden, he became something that rhymes with Beyoncé.  Me too.  (He doesn't like her at all, but I do... and this is my post.)

It was perfect, and while my spidey senses knew it was coming, nothing can ever prepare a person for something like that.

We followed this up with another Denny's meal.  By the way, these red velvet pancake puppies were seriously delicious.