Villas At Walton Creek Steamboat Springs

... in time for Boo to head out to his night class. Ski and snowboard tuning and he took my skis to work on yay!!! Free tune.
.... only he didn't finish them. So when he gave them back to me, he told me i'd have to get them finished. So much for a free tune.

After tuning class we met at the Ore House for dinner. It turned out to be a bit late to head out for dinner, but they stayed open for us and we had the place ...

... was going to go under freezing. I looked back at the storm following me; it was a huge dark cloud and was rumbling away like a Rottweiler guarding his bone. I said I’d see how I go but would have to get off the road soon as night was shifting in too. After 10 minutes later the storm cloud was all around the sky, smothering the last of blue and light grey. "Far-Jesus" I said, and when I came across a shabby looking house, set back off the road through ...

Had an easy morning. We headed into the ski area and took the Gondola up to the mountain top. We met Kelli , her son Dustin and her nephew for lunch on the top of the mountain. It was $9 for the ride and with that you got a $9 coupon towards lunch. Everyone was dressed up for St Pats. Afterwards we went back to the hotel for a nap and then ...

... find Kelli. We met at a bar called "Slopeside". Everyone was sitting outside at tables set on the snow. The sun was out and it felt really warm. I think I saw Jessie from the Batchelor there with some of his friends. We partied the night away and got home aroune 10.

... little tourist shops...the funniest being a fair dinkum shop that wasn't touristy at all but stocked Stetsons, rabbit coats, lots of fringed leather jackets and a full wall, seriously, a full wall, of cowboy and cowgirl boots. I felt strangely drawn to them! After that we decided to hike up the ski run mountain and were rewarded with more amazing views at every turn...simply stunning! and then, becuase we earnt it, we headed to the hotsprings ...

At 11:30 we depart Salt Lake City heading back towards the Rocky Mountains and Park City, another "western" town converted to "ski" town. Cutzy wutzy, site of the 2002 Winter Olympics. The gunfighters, cowboys and saloon ladies would probably turn in their graves to see the hooch palaces and gun shops on Main Street tuned into ethnic ...

... his drill. I drilled a bigger hole in my rim, smoothed it as best I could and it seems to be holding. When I finally got to the shop, the mechanic said he thinks it should be ok and was so apologetic for not being able to help that he gave me spare tubes. Top dude. To get to the bike shop, I had to take a permitted side route to the trip. As it was Thursday, and I needed to get to a Post Office to collect a new cash card, I took a small shortcut rather than backtracking to ...

Well - the last entry (unless I get bumped in LAX tonite and spend another 3 days trying to get home). Spent the last 3 nights in Steamboat Springs with my cousin (who I haven't seen for 20 years). It's been a pretty quiet few days, mainly catching up on 20 years with Scott and his wife. Steamboat is pretty quiet this time of year. They call it "mud season" as it's when all the snow melts and a lot of people leave ...

... to be advanced! I'm not sure if I wrote that in another entry, but some of the top colleges are represented here. When asking how they found the place, most reply that they came with their parents growing up. I can imagine it is a nice family vacation. After all was said and done, we greeted the newcomers to a fabulous dinner on the deck. The chef made salmon on the grill and prime rib. Sundae's were for dessert. Appropriate ...

... great view. Dropping down from the pass, the terrain was less dry, more what we think of the Rockies. We saw shoosh lines coming down many of the snow fields. At one pull off, we saw a couple with their skis next to them, pulling off their boots. Farther along, we saw a dude asleep on the side of the road, his skis set up like a tepee above him. The Aspen Valley is rather broader than expected -- and vast houses seemed to sit everywhere ...