Resort-X

Resort-Cross (or Resort-X for short) is a sport designed specifically for new parents who once participated, religiously, on the Pro Leisure Tour and are trying now to make sense of their new resort bound lives. Think this sport might be for you? Read on...

Qualifications:
Are you someone who used to think of luxury accommodations as a bivy at 10,000 feet? Did your idea of fun used to revolve around climbing routes so hard you cried for your mommy? When you heard 24 inches and 6 lbs - did you think steelhead and not baby?

But do you now have one or more children and therefore spend your precious vacation time at resorts - and preferably the ones with the best pools? Do you have a basement full of outdoor gear but only a vague recollection of how it works? Do you spend time researching diaper bags and strollers with the same focus as you once applied to backpacks and skis? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then this sport is for you.

Step 1 How to Play

Check into a resort.
Put your child/children into a bicycle trailer, hitch it to your bike and hand him/her a bag of goldfish crackers. Head out on your bike. Follow paved resort bike paths to various resort facilities. Just like cycle-cross (remember when you used to ride bikes competitively?) stop and hop off your bike - grab the kid from the carrier and play a sport. Then hop back on/in and head to the next sport. The family with the most points before nap time wins.

Comments

[sarahfish]

 freakin' adorable! yet further convincing me to stick with dogs instead of children; at least until it's acceptable to leave a child roaming the woods at the bottom of the route while you ice climb...

[whiteoakart]

Yikes. That is my life. I've got a pair of dust-covered Roces 5-wheel racing skates if you can figure out how to incorporate them into the game. Also, a basement full of mountaineering gear, triathlon bicycle parts, snorkeling equipment, and a wind-surfer. They are slowly being buried by stuffed animal plushies.

[CarpetGnome]

Good sport, adorable kid!

[lebowski]

That's pretty funny. I can relate.

[Kiteman]

Ohh.... memories...