The Corral Breckenridge

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Vi tyckte skidåkningen var helt ok, men många Coloradobor tyckte det var sådär. De vill ha riktig snö och puder och den kommer efter nyår! Trots det vill vi påstå att det var fullt i backen!

Resten av veckan bestod av skidåkning, bad i hot tubs, monopol, och halvok mat. Märta tränade med Breck's skiteam och hade en riktigt bra dag (tills ...

... Dagen var i lördags (igår), som började redan på fredagskvällen då vi hela familjen hängde på REIs flagship store (en suverän butik för allt outdoor liv) nere i stan. Ola behövde telemarksskidor (hade med sig telemarkspjäxor och slalomskidor från Sverige, ingen bra kombination) och jag behövde en hjälm. Kom hem med det och massor med skidstrumpor. Fick också provat senaste modellen av telispjäxor, och efter det är jag helt säker på vad jag önskar mig ...

... behind tomorrow and get back to van living. We are heading into Boulder in the morning to do some exploring and hit the first brewery in Colorado, for our stately brewery visit. From there were going to drive to northern Colorado and camp it up and at one of trusty KOA's making us that much closer to South Dakota.

Till next time,

The Happy Chappy Couple

... 8230;the streets chocked full of cowboys, miners and hookers all boozin it up at the saloon and all that! Black Hawk had the old feel but the buildings were pretty much all renovated/updated and there were lots more brand new buildings. So much for people not having any money and the economy being in shambles…not here! The ca$hinos all looked pretty busy!

We then headed to Aunt Bern’s friend Sue’s house in Denver for dinner. She ...

... this point that I informed Deb if she didn’t wait for me to rest I was going to stab her in the Achilles tendon with my trekking pole. Of course we made it and basked in our accomplishment of summiting what is one of Mother Nature’s finest works. So we start our decent and make our way to the truck, of course its one long mother of a hike down. Going down is sometimes harder than the ascent because different muscles are being used and your toes have a ...

... br>down we passed lakes, waterfalls and had the most gorgeous scenery of snow-capped mountains. The first 10 miles were on a paved path where there was no motor vehicle traffic. The last 8 were a combination of road & the Gore Creek Path. If you do not have a free shuttle or driver to the top you can set up a tour with Charter Sports for $45.

To add excitement to ...

We spent the rest of the afternoon/evening exploring the shops in the Vail Village-which is an adorable German architecture looking resort town. We had dinner at Up The Creek
which is more of an "up-scale" restaurant. It was a little harder to find as it was set off of the main road directly on the creek.

I'm not the most adventuresome eater, so there were limited items on the ...

This year we skied for two weeks and both spring skiing and some good snow. We skied Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, and Arapahoe Basin. One day Peter and Ron took the day off and went fly fishing with a guide in Silverthorne. It was cold and they caught one fish but they still had a good time. Mike and Laurie joined us for a couple of days which was great!

Alert, alert....the big guy is anxious...cell phone is on the fritz, he forgot to pack undies, refusing to take a shower.....We are making an emergency shopping run to get him supplies....John and I just did a 1 hour mountain hike. It was fantabulous. Getting ready to pull up camp...more later.....Today is Grandma's birthday...Dad can't call so check in if you can....320-589-1124

... told us that there's a saying in Summit County: "If it's free, it's for me." I have learned just how true that is! We once woke up at 6 am to go to 5 different coffee shops in town to collect free mugs full of free coffee. It's an expensive night if we spend more than $5 when we go out on the town. I'm going to miss living in Breckenridge. But I am looking forward to not having to wear long underwear everyday when I get to Sydney!