Radisson Inn Colorado Springs Airport

The adventure begins! We closed up the house, packed the computer, loaded the car and headed to Colorado Springs. After running a few errands, we took Skippy to a park so that he could run and play and we could spend some quality time with the little guy. We went to dinner and then ...

... are offered in the many specialty stores, restaurants, and bars. Snowmass features over 3,000 acres of terrain for both snowboarding and skiing and also has a rail yard and a superpipe. Guided nature tours by either ski or snowboard are offered for free. In ...

Today Frank stayed home to make us his famous pork chili. Takes hours of love and we were all grateful. Antonio went for another long marathon training run. Chuck, Hector & Diana went foraging for Jack In The Box, an Apple store and a double feature ;) "Couples Retreat" & "Whip It" both good and more importantly cheap. Only $6.50 and you know we did the 2 fer 1 cause we're geto(boys) like that. Made it back to home base in time to see Dollhouse and feast on dinner. Great day for all.

Alright you Powderhounds - the wait is OVER!!!<br><br>&#8232;Starting this morning at 9:00am Loveland Ski Area will be the first ski area in North America to open for the 2009-2010 ski season. This is the earliest opening day at Loveland Ski Area in 40 years - and we couldn't be more excited ...

... town called Manitou Springs by way of Hwy 24. Such cute shops and restaurants, I wish we could've spent more time there. We took Hwy 24 a few more miles to Pike's Peak. P.P. is very historical. Back in the day, gold prospectors would cross the country on long trips via dangerous trails with the words "Pike's Peak or Bust" written on their wagons! The whole entire area of P.P. is so cute...very touristy but not overdone or ...

... which is instantly more easy on the eye and tempting to stroll. Not as bustling as Fort Collins nevertheless the Downtown district is walkable, shopable and livable. We did plan on passing through Lafayette but sitting at traffic lights at every block on the 287 was soul destroying. Further south we passed through Castle Rock, which if nothing else allowed us some great views of the area. As you approach Castle Rock ...

... and manipulated for me over the next several days. Normally I would have probably have been able to buy a ticket that first day, but Joan kept running into the problem of seat availability in the same "class". I don't really understand this but basically if you put different legs of a trip together (Denver to Chicago to Delhi) and they're not in the same airline determined category, then you're going to get screwed on the price by many hundreds of dollars ...

... It was great to be able to get to know Liz' family a bit before the wedding. There was lots to eat and drink and the kids had fun in the pool. After we ate, the ladies from Morgan's side sang "Going to the Chapel" complete with actions. I got the giggles and wasn't much help. There was also a conspiracy to throw Liz' mother, Chris, into the pool. She got thrown in but Morgan ended up in with her, cell phone ...

So.. Denver. Denver is on my mind. And it's all around me. And it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. Whitney and I drove downtown today. We were walking around the 16th street mall, which apparently is one of Denver's urban attractions. I'm gradually learning, bit by bit, about this place that I've landed. When I left San Diego I knew virtually nothing about Denver (or Colorado for that matter) except that the Rocky ...

... I've visited. So here we are. If you want to receive a random email every time I post a message you can subscribe to the blog. Otherwise just note the URL and visit at intervals of your liking. I don't know how often I'll be posting messages. On the one hand, I'll hopefully be posting fairly frequently so I can record all the craziness that is sure to go down. But on the other hand, I'll hopefully also be too busy having fun and/or ...