Ski Trip

Okay, this is a week late but LAST weekend Mike's family came into town and we rented a condo in Keystone. It started snowing Thursday and didn't stop until Sunday. We all skied Breckenridge on Friday. I took my very first ski lesson here back in 2000 but we never went back after that. I think I liked the mountain but it was hard to find our way around and it had more chairlifts that any place I have ever been. Ben was cranky for about the first hour or so until I pointed out that maybe he should try and run over all the little tree tops that we sticking up out of the ground. Well, from then on he was a happy as a clam. They weren't on a run this steep but you get the idea!

Warren headed out after lunch with the boys so Mike, Steve and I headed off to ski for a while. I'm not quite sure why but Steve and I decided to be adventurous and try our first Double Black run. It was steep, had bumps, trees and lots of hidden rocks. We got down with a lot of effort and lots of scraped skies. We did dinner on Keystone lake.

Saturday Donna & Ben hung out while the rest of us skied Keystone. We headed up to ski the back of the mountain and ended up getting in the line for the Gondola that goes from the first mountain to the next. It ended up being a total free-for-all when everyone started pushing their way on. We lost Mike and Steve and I had to shove some guy out of the way to grab Michael's coat and shove him on the Gondola ahead of me. It went a bit smoother after that but Michael was bit horrified! Unfortunately Mike and Steve did not get to ski on Sunday since Steve got another case of food poising and was down and out. We did manage to get him back to our house where he rested until he could manage a flight out the next day. I don't think Steve will ever eat out again in Summit county.