Spring Trip

We left for Colorado last Tuesday night, and had a fabulous trip! Our flight out was uneventful, and we finally arrived at our condo at 2:00 AM on Wednesday morning. We went skiing at Loveland on Wednesday, and it was fantastic! Thursday was a bit snowy...well...a lot snowy! I'm not that great of a skier, and the conditions have to be good, so I skipped out on skiing and went to the outlet mall instead. Bryon and the rest of the gang went to Arapahoe Basin for the day. Here's a pic of how the roads were on the way back down the hill...

On Friday, we went to Keystone. It's a very nice place, but way too out of control for prices. I did 4 runs for the day, all of them 3.5 miles long...which is a lot for me! Saturday brought more snow. We went back up to Loveland, and it was snowing like crazy (they wound up getting six inches that day, on top of the seven from the previous two.). We hung out for a while, and finally decided to do something else for the day. We went over to Breckenridge to do a bit of shopping. After that, we headed over to Frisco and then back home.

Sunday was a gorgeous day, and we were back to Loveland. This time, Mother Nature decided to cooperate for the most part. It was a bit windy, and the dismount from Chair 2 was a bit rough...in fact, I got clocked by the chair three times. Mind you, I have managed not to fall down in the trip so far until today. I have a lovely bruise on my arm and an achey knee from this, and was afraid that I would be banned from the lift for being such a poor passenger :)

After skiing, we headed across Loveland Pass...

on our way "home". We quickly changed, then headed off for dinner at The Mint. I love this place, and always plead my case to go. It's so cool because you pick out your steak and cook it yourself, and it's so fun to take people to who have never been there before.

Monday was a bonus day. We normally would have come home on Sunday, but airfares were soooo cheap to fly home on Monday instead that it was worth burning another day of vacation. After sleeping in, we left the high country and headed downhill. The first stop was St. Mary's Glacier. Since we bought our property last fall, Bryon has been there several times. This was my first trip, so it was quite interesting!

Here's a view of the area...

After the trip up to St. Mary's, we stopped for lunch at Beau Jo's Pizza in Idaho Springs. I had never eaten there before, but had heard great reviews...and it was very good!

The next stop was Red Rocks, right outside of Denver. This place was waaaay cooler than I thought it would be! Besides the incredible beauty of the place, I enjoyed looking at the displays of all of the concert memorabilia from events that had taken place there over the years.

View of downtown Denver from Red Rocks...

Red Rocks signs...

Hall of fame...

Concert venue...

View of the area...

Last stop before the airport was a model log home (for idea gathering). We had a 6:00 PM flight back, but didn't wind up actually getting home until almost 2:00 AM Central Time....long story, but it was a sad tale of mechanical problems for the plane coming to Denver to pick us up (despite showing as "on time" up until 10 minutes before it was supposed to land), etc. But we made it to work on time yesterday. Lots of unpacking and laundry, followed by lots of sleep last night. We're just catching up now...but it was so much fun :)