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Sit-skiing with Ignite Adaptive Sports

Nick loves skiing in the winter.

Yea! Adaptive Skiing is back at Eldora…

This Sunday I will go to my second adaptive ski adventure for the 2013-2014 season with the help of Ignite Adaptive Sports at Eldora Resort. I use a sit ski and think all my friends with CP or other mobility disabilities would enjoy sit- snow skiing, too. Just click on this link to learn more: LINK

The things I like about snow skiing are:

Skiing around trees
Going over jumps
My guide Barry, who is a funny guy
Going FAST!
Warming up after I am done

When I am skiing I feel:

Happy!
Like I am flying

The things I don’t like about snow skiing are:

Leaving when it is time to go home
Other than that, nothing, there is nothing I don’t like about snow skiing!

Maybe I will write a book about skiing. Guess who the main character will be!

Later… Nick Roussos

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Eagle Watch – Adaptive Recreational Activity for Winter

Nick at Eagle Watch in Fort Collins

Nick is a power wheelchair user from Loveland, Colorado who doesn’t let the cold keep him from enjoying the outdoors, even in the the bitter month of January. Last week he bundled up and went to Eagle Watch in Fort Collins. Nick, a veteran bird watcher, came home so excited to have seen 15 Bald Eagles while he was there. Eagle Watch is an outdoor adventure with good access for wheelchair users, held at Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area in Southeast Ft. Collins, Colorado. You don’t need to let winter keep you from enjoying adaptive recreation, check it out!

Guided Eagle Watch Dates:

Sunday, Jan. 19 3:30-5:00
Saturday, Jan. 25 3:30-5:00
Friday, Jan. 31 3:30-5:00
Sunday, Feb 2 4:00-5:30
Saturday, Feb. 8 4:00-5:30
Sunday, Feb. 16 4:00-5:30
Friday, Feb. 21 4:00-5:30
Sunday, Feb. 23 4:00-5:30
Friday, Feb. 28 4:00-5:30

Visit http://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas for weather cancellations and updates before you go.

Hours

Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area is open daily from dawn to dusk.

Directions

The entrance to Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area is on Carpenter Road/ CR 32, approximately one mile west of I-25, or two miles east of Timberline on the north side of Carpenter Road.