First, for all of you who remember one of our traditions, here is the requisite shot of most of our family/party in our lovingly hand-made-by-Carol, matching ski sweaters. (Feeling jealous, Tina?) The only ones missing are my grandson Trevor (sick) and his dad who was babysitting.
That sexy, good-looking (modest) guy in the middle is me. Well, okay, from left to right you see Son-in-law Tom, daughter (Tom's wife) Amy, Carol, (ahem) me, daughter Christina, unofficially adopted daughter Misty, and Misty's husband Lou (with the beard).
Here is grandson Trevor all decked out in his new snow suit riding on the sled we bought for him. This was BEFORE he came down with the stomach virus. He's from Tampa, and isn't quite sure about this white stuff all around him.
In this shot, we have Amy, Christina and Tom riding up the mountain in a chair lift right ahead of me and Carol. This was BEFORE Tom fell and cracked a rib! (He's still smiling here.)
Here we have the view from the very top of the mountain, looking north down into the valley in which lie the towns of Fraser and Granby, Colorado. Note all the bare rock and dirt up here where the wind blows the snow off the mountaintop.
And finally, here is the same view zoomed in a bit. From this point you can ski non-stop all the way to the base, covering over 7 miles of trails and a total vertical descent of 3060 feet.
WOO-HOO!!
6 comments:
The photos make the post John, pity they won't expand though.
Nice pics John...and glad you made it back home unscathed. Just the thought of what kinds of pain I'd experience if I tried skiing make me ache :-)
How cool. I'm suppose to go to Denver next month...I hope there isn't still a lot of snow around. I'm taking my own Trevor (which is my mustang's name).
But more importantly, I hope YOUR Trevor is feeling better and he's such a cutie (but don't tell my Trevor)
How cool. I'm suppose to go to Denver next month...I hope there isn't still a lot of snow around. I'm taking my own Trevor (which is my mustang's name).
But more importantly, I hope YOUR Trevor is feeling better and he's such a cutie (but don't tell my Trevor)
Peter,
That's why I sometimes just post a link to a separate web site and put the pics there. I can post BEEG ones that way. This old Blogger template won't handle thumbnails, and I'm to lazy to experiment or change to a new one. Yet. Maybe someday.
John
I'm already looking forward to next year.
(You gotta tell about those ladies in the restaurant.)
There, that ought to get people curious!
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