Bluebird Day

Did you know that the term 'Bluebird Day' is actually a skiing term?

Ok, I know I haven't posted in a LONG time. But it's not my fault. Ya see, in the winter, something takes over me. It is called skiing. I'm so busy during the ski season. I work all week, with 6th graders (the best age group in the world), and then I ski all weekend. This leaves no time to clean, shop for groceries or even to do laundry much less post a blog. I, an extreme extrovert, become very non-social during the winter months. It's not my fault. It's the ski season. Then, after ski season, I come out of my shell. I start calling everyone I know and I say, "Hey, remember me? Your long lost friend? Let's have a drink!"
The end of ski season is upon us. We have two weekends left. This week it snowed a ton in the mountains and this weekend it is supposed to be warm and 'bluebird.' I decided to take tomorrow off from work (basically Ferdinand begged and I obliged). Ferdinand claims that tomorrow will be the best day of the season. He just may be correct.
When I was telling other teachers and staff in our building about taking the day off to ski because it would be a 'bluebird' day, they didn't understand. I learned this week that the term bluebird day is a skiing term. I have been referring to blue sky days as bluebird for as long as I can remember. I had no idea that it was a skiing term. Interesting. Where does this term come from?
My teammate, a fellow intense skier, and I pondered this question. He claims that a bluebird day means blue sky and powder - no groomers. I added to that and said blue sky, powder and warm weather. We determined that a bluebird day means blue sky, great company and great snow.
Tomorrow is predicted to be a bluebird day. Ferdinand is claiming it will be the best day of the season. We have plans to leave fairly early for a spring Friday morning. We plan to hike the Cirque at 10:00 a.m. when the gate opens....Hopefully I'll have pictures to show you what really defines a bluebird day.