Skiing will have to wait for next season

Heavenly closed for the season on Sunday and now it is time for me to change gears and get ready for summer. I had a good ski season but short of being great from lack of snow. I improved my ski skills and feel comfortable in all conditions and all slopes the mountain can throw at you. But where does that leave me, so I skied a lot this winter but oddly I'm disappointed at myself. I could of skied more but the conditions were not always the greatest and when there was no new snow it made it hard for me to find the motivation to ski. Not that I'm mad at myself for not skiing enough its just that I haven't created any new friends or social groups here in Tahoe. Skiing can off set my loneliness for my friends and my hometown, but I miss my large social network and have realized that I need my friends for my own self worth. You really don't realize what you truly need until its not there anymore. And not having the ability to be with my closest friends on a daily basis is getting to me. I just want to come home and find Madjidi, the Dempseys, Melling and Wolf chillin on my couch. I want to go over to Dick's house uninvited and sit on my high chair in the kitchen while Lauren and Rox cook up random goodness for me to eat.
But back to my main problem of not creating friendships here in Tahoe.
1st off the sample size in Tahoe sucks and most people are burnt out losers who came up here 10 years ago to do the same thing I'm doing and they don't have much to bring to the table. Also the lack of women can really drive a man crazy. Not that I'm much of a womanizer, but it would be nice to meet someone new. Thats not an option here. Most local girls here are beat as fuck and the pretty ones are here on vacation with there boyfriends. Hopefully this will change with the seasons.
2nd off I'm not one who puts myself out there enough. I'm more a wait and see kind of person. Most of the friends I make is through my friends and seeing that I don't have many friends up here, therefore I don't have a large social network. I'm the same way with women, I have never just gone out and met someone that I don't know. It seems that it's always a friend, friend of a friend, classmate, or co-worker. I need to work on this but I truly am shy when it come to picking up new women. With the summer coming and the beach just down the street I should be able to work on these skills hopefully. I need to start realizing what the worst thing that could happen, I get turned down. At least I would give it a shot, and that would be a huge improvement for me.
But truthfully I'm having a great time up here I'm just having a lonely day as you can tell. I've realized that I need to quit being such a baby and live it up while I can. Kevin is bringing his boat up soon and we are renting a slip for the summer. I started hiking a bit and have found some sweet trails and places to camp once summer arrives. I'm looking forward to backpacking for a few days with no real plans other than to fish to survive. I need to get a mountain bike because there are hundreds of great downhill trails here that can feed my need for speed now that skiing is over. The possibilities are endless for me this summer and I just need to go out there and take advantage of all that Tahoe has to offer me.