My mom & brother flew out here for Christmas and we spent a few days in the mountains. The day they arrived Denver got about 10 inches of snow. The ski resorts, however, got zero snow. We had fun, but I was really disappointed in the snow conditions and it really put me in a funk. Lift ticket prices also put me in a funk. It is NOT ok to charge full price when only 40% of the terrain is open. I got a small discount for my family since I'm a local pass holder, but still, it's the principle of it you know.
Breckenridge 12/25/2011 and Keystone 12/26
I've always felt that novelty hats were kinda stupid, you know, unless you're 8 years old. However, I need you to see how cute my mom looks in this hat:
Cougar hat: Mary's on the prowl...Rawr!
Speaking of stupid unless you're 8 years old, look at my beloved stuffed animal (and ignore the ridiculous expression on my face):
I don't claim to be normal.
I had nothing to do with this, I swear. Mary Ellen wanted to put Gobbles in the hot tub, and fortunately she found the perfect apparatus. Many thanks to condo owners Bill & Claudia Schmid of Banner, Wyoming for 1) having a metal bowl and 2) for having the hot tub serviced on short notice.
So not only did a have an extended holiday break from work, but I took off a few days off earlier this month to visit my family in GA. I got lots of free meals and my mom's friend even hooked me up with two half-gallons of boiled custard.
8 grams of fat per serving, wooo-wheee!
So now I'm back in normal mode, which means working 30 hours per week, playing hockey on the weekend, continually schooling everyone in words with friends, hitting the gym to negate all the delicious local microwbrews i consume (primarily Long's Peak Rasperry Wheat from the Estes Park brewery), and watching lots of really bad reality tv. Tough life, I know. Andy & I are kinda holding off on the snowboarding thing until we know there's some good snow or until we have some friends going and we can all carpool or split the cost of a condo. We've got plans to join some friends at Vail early in February and then we're meeting up with some other friends at Steamboat Springs, but other than that we're doing a pretty crappy job of maximizing the value of our ski passes.
That's it for now. I just acquired some good material for my next post, so instead of posting it tonight I'll wait until next week.
