Day 3

A little bit painful in the morning after a day on the mountain. Quinn said he was fine not sore at all. Quite amazing. So to loosen things up a bit we walked around downtown Aspen looking at the shops. It was very well layed out and a nice walk. At night it was a very nice site as well they had alot of trees lit up and other items. There was a gazebo that had lights and snow on top that I really liked. We hung out at the hotel it was called the St Regis. Very nice and at the base of one of Aspens four mountains. On the way outta town we stopped at Buttermilk where the XGames will be this weekend. They had a half pipe and some crazy ramps. There were a few people practicing so we watched that for a little while. On our way out we stopped at a nice restaurant in Carbondale called EcoGoddess. From there we headed to Avon which is where Beaver Creek is one of Vails mountains. It was snowing most of the way so it was a little slow going. The views where nice and we went thru some tunnels that Quinn really enjoyed. When we arrived at the hotel it has its own gondala up the mountain so we took that for a spin to see the sites. We will see if we go snowboarding again. It gets a little expensive.

Day 3

We got up early and drove down to Aspen snowmass. A real big mountain. Quinn went into snowboard lessons which turned out real nice because it was only him and one other kid with the instructor. Joe and I headed up the gondala and went down the run back to the bottom. When we got back up to the top quinn was up there but complaining about his toes being cold so I sat inside with him for a litte warming his feet and then we was ready to go again. We checked in on him a few times and he was doing great. So we decided to head to all the peaks that had at least one blue to get down. At the highest point we were aroung 11.8. Not sure if we are use to altitude but except for the fact it was snowing and freeking cold it didnt bother any. The ride down was a long one and by the time I got down the second or third peak i was done. Joe went off and did some other runs on my way down i saw quinn. He wsa doing a great job. The mountain was a great run, it wasnt busy and it was easy to find runs with no one in sight.

Day 2

The lodge was about 13 miles down the colorado. So on the way out we got a real good view of it. Quinn was very fasinated by the fact in some locations it was frozen with wholes on occasion. We headed into arches and decided to hike the delicate arch trail. It was 3 miles round trip not too bad. we only saw 3 sets of people the whole time. One couple mentioned that in the summer you would have to wait in line for a picture there were so many people. One of the fun pictures we took was in the shadow of the arch the sun was just in the right spot. After delicate arche we went to the windows a bunch of arches in one area. its an easy walk around. From here not too much excitement drove into grand junction then into aspen.

Ski Trip 2010

On the road again. After watching the weather all week and wondering if they would open I-17 today we lucked out. They opened the road at 9am. We hit the road at about 10am with the sun shining in spots. We saw alot of snow as we aproached Flagstaff. The road was good, we hit a few low clouds that were still dumping snow but nothing crazy. I thought there was alot of snow in flagstaff until we hit Montecello UT i think it was called. that place had piles and piles of snow everywhere. The drive was very peaceful and scenic. We went thru monument valley and mexican hat. Not too much snow there. The drive over all was very peaceful, traffic was next to nothing and the flat planes where white with snow with only mountains around. All the mountains seemed to have low clouds around them. There were ocasional thunder clouds and the ones at sunst were quite a site. the picture doesnt do it justice. Tommorrow off to Arches National Park to check it out before heading into Aspen.