edpaffjr.comIf you didn’t notice by the lack of posts last week, I was on vacation. Kim and I decided earlier this year to take a snowboarding trip back to Colorado. Since we wanted to bring Trey along with us, we realized that it would be more fun if we brought one of Kim’s siblings along with us to take turns hanging with Trey and hitting the slopes. Turns out that both of her college aged brothers wanted to join in on the fun, so we planned the trip for their spring break. It also turns out that her sister and fiancé wanted to join in too!
We flew out of the Dayton airport very early two Saturdays ago. Rather than driving up that night, I found a reasonably priced hotel near the hotel that we all stayed at Friday night to make the 6:30 flight a little more tolerable. We choose this flight so that we could be in Denver in time to catch the always entertaining St. Patrick’s Day Parade. While at the parade we got to see a bunch of old Denver friends. Sorry for those that we missed, but our stay in Denver was much too short.
Wash Park – near our old home in Denver
After breakfast and a quick stop at a nearby park for Trey to run around, we packed up the rented Suburban and headed for Steamboat. We realized that trying to drive up to the slopes and get a full day in would be impossible with our already limited sleep and having Trey with us, so we took our time getting to Steamboat. We did make it up in time to watch the UC Bearcat basketball team beat Florida State in the NCAA tournament from our rented condo in the Bronze Tree.
Trey enjoying the deepest snow we’ve seen all winter.
Trey really loved being pulled around in sleds.
The following three days were spent on the slopes of Steamboat. Since we had six adults on the trip, one of us would stay back for the morning shift with Trey and either take him out on a sled, take a dip in the pool, or just hang around the condo. We would then all regroup for lunch each day around 11:30 to enjoy macaroni and cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Then another person (or sometimes two) would hang back for the afternoon shift. This actually worked really well for all of us.
CAUTION: Deep Snow Conditions May Exist.
Ski Yesterday…Ski Today…Ski Tomorrow
We really lucked out with the snowfall. We arrived Sunday to find sunshine and cool temperatures, but before we headed to bed that night the snow really started to fall. When we woke up we had three fresh inches of snow to play in on Monday morning. Fortunately the snow continued to fall throughout parts of Monday, leaving another three inches fresh for Tuesday. I had the Tuesday morning shift with Trey, but I heard that some in our group found half a foot or more of untouched powder that morning. Wednesday was a warm day, complete with spring skiing conditions (slush). Hard to complain with what snow we did see though. It felt great to be back on the slopes.
Snow At Steamboat
Snow In Trees
Hi Ed,
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