well my latest 101 things conquest is trying cross country skiing. Sam and I took a lesson last weekend at elm creek park. Most of the other people in the class had done it before (cheaters in the beginner class if you ask me!) and I had never done it before, but it was just fine. The instructor had us do some runs on a flat lesson area and we did some drills, then did a trail. After the lesson we had some food then went out on our own on another trail. It was so much fun and exceeded my expectations workout-wise. I thought it might be difficult to keep up, but that wasn't really the case for me, but we were pretty wiped and very sweaty at the end of the day. So wiped out and sweaty we did it again yesterday. We hit up the art shanties on medicine lake, then went xc skiing at french regional park. So I think we've found a good winter activity to get us out of the house... unlike downhill skiing, the conditions are more forgiving and it's more comfortable to do when it's really cold. Yay!