Hotel Colorado Glenwood Springs

... Vi packade bilen efter Olas morgonsamtal med Sverige och kom upp till lunch. Fler backar i systemet var öppna än tidigare och snökanonerna gick för fullt. Åkte till stängningsdags och checkade in på vår mysiga lodge. Vi sprang ut till hot tub och fick ett härligt bad innan vi gick ut på byn. Hittade ett steakhouse som var helt ok. Roligast var nog att de hade ett biljardbord som vi hängde vid. Och att tjejerna höll p ...

... julklapp!

Åkte iväg klockan 0630 på lordagsmorgonen, först till bagelrian och lämnade den 0640 med bilen full av varm choklad, kaffetermos, äggmackor (ja, alla börjar tröttna), ett dussin bagels, säsongens första pepparkakor och ett kilo äpplen. Bagagen var full av skidor, pjäxor och hjälmar. Vi ska testa hur länge det går utan takbox, vet inte varför men så har det blivit. Och så klart, en sådär 10 DVD-filmer, och spanarna och sommarpratarna p ...

... ghostly after labor day weekend. Nic and I would like to throw a huge THANK YOU! out to Trish and Moe who have lent us their condo for a few days. We are very much enjoying it. It's a bit more roomier than the van, and has ESPN which has made Nic a very happy man.

We don't want to get used to being indoors, so we're pretty sure that we are going to leave this life of ...

... first full day was awesome! This area is so damn pretty and I can see why anyone would fall in love with it. I told Dad, “If this place had palm trees, a beach, and it never snowed, I would definitely move here!” Everything that I’ve seen so far in the city and up the mountains has been kept up really well and all of the people I’ve encountered so far have been very friendly. No rude *******s yet, but then again, I still have a full week to go!

... We notice some weather coming our way and the temp drops to the really cold part of the thermometer, it’s at this point that I help to propagate the idea that for safety reasons we should entertain descending the peaks, these girls are extremely well versed in the mountains and share the same concerns(oh how my heart soared with joy that I could save my self respect and blame it on mother nature), feeling good and seeing that we had one saddle to navigate to ...

... surrounded by snow and ice which is strange in august but gives you an idea of temperatures!! The views the whole way up were absolutely stunning, and, like Mt Kenya, ever changing all the way to the top.

Now it is time to go and wake the campers from their rest and get ready for the last Vespers and Dance of the summer. More to follow.

Pip xxx

p.s. for this entry the picture will hopefully tell more of the story too!!

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!

... a few of the locals in our hostel they told us about the Hot Springs which were all around the town, although only the locals knew about them - you could go to ones which you had to pay into but we decided to go looking for the natural ones. So at 11o'clock at night 8 of us from the hostel went on a trek to find them, we had to walk about a mile up a railway track, then climb down the side of a mountain ...

... lake, where we stopped and grabbed a bite to eat. Now hanging lake is a lake abut 3 km's up the face of one of the mountains, and we were told that we were crazy to hike up it and then try and ride the 16km's back. We all decided to go for it anyways. Now this hike was hard. 3km's pretty much straight up, ver rocks and dirt. We finally caught the girls on the path and we all proceeded up. It was totally 100% worht it. Hanging Lake is this small little lake, with ...