Skiing

Ben's favorite activity...looking for stuff that people dropped off the chair lift.....

We just got back from our end of Spring Break ski trip. The boys and I headed up to Keystone after work on Thursday...we arrived to find that we had be "upgraded" to a bigger condo right on Keystone Lake. A good start! We also had full privileges at the Keystone Inn's fitness center (Donna's favorite pool!). Mike and Steve rolled in around 1am due to Steve's late flight and Mike forgetting his ski pass (a detour home).

We skied Keystone on Friday and had a short day since some were pretty tired. Ben and I spent some time skiing together on the blue runs on the front side of the mountain while the others skied the out back. Ben was happy, happy when he found he could ski the tree trails on the sides of the slopes.

Montezuma Bowl at A-Basin

Friday night Michael didn't feel well so Saturday morning Mike and Steve took Ben over to A-Basin for his ski lesson. He didn't want to go to A-Basin (I HATE A-Basin he said even thought he'd never been there). Oh...and since he was the only kid signed up for a blue run lesson he got a private lesson for the price of a group! Michael felt well enough to go over and join them by lunch. I was glad we missed the morning since Steve said it was so fogged in at the top they could hardly see. We got to to the new bowl at the back of the mountain which was fun even though it was still windy and chilly. WE finished at 3:30 to find a very happy Ben (his instructor got a nice tip) and a sad Michael who reported that someone had stolen our lunch backpack. Yes, the "green" pack that we have been using for our ski lunches for that past 4 or 5 years was stolen! And at A-Basin of all places. We lost a fleece, a pair of gloves and a few drinks and chocolate. That pack has been to many ski areas during all times of the year and we never had a problem before. Sigh. Saturday night we had a quick dinner on the way home from skiing (ski boots and all) and then everyone went over the play in the pool while I enjoyed my "complimentary" 50 minutes massage at the Keystone Inn. Nice huh? Now I know why Donna goes to the spa! I guess they were promoting their newly renovated spa since everyone who booked a condo this week got a free visit. I'm not complaining.

Sunday was supposed to be snowy but we lucked out and the weather held. Mike had to have a talk with Ben since he thought he could do all the tree trails, on all the slopes, all day! He wasn't happy that he actually had to ski straight down on a few runs so the rest of us didn't have to hang around on the slope waiting for him to reappear out of the trees somewhere. He also got a talking to after he decided to make his own trails and ended up on the edge of a 7' drop....he fell before he got there otherwise eh would of shot out of the trees into nothing...

Mike getting Ben out of the trees