We finally made it to the mountains to ski which is a BIG deal this winter! Although you get to ultimately choose your travel contracts, there is always something you have to compromise on. Like many things, when picking a contract there are three big things to consider – pay, location, and quality of job – and you usually only get to pick two. Overall we ended up in a great situation with our current contracts but we had to compromise on location a bit. Yes, we love living on the beach, but we would prefer being closer to the mountains to be able to ski regularly in the winter. The closest resorts to us are a 6.5 hour drive, with snowy conditions it’s closer to 7.5. Knowing we would want to ski we built in some long weekends to make the trip possible this winter.