NOTE:

“This post is better when viewed with a cup of coffee in hand.” – Matt

This was our last full day in Colorado. And it was perfect. We skied at Winter Park to avoid the ridiculous resort/touristy traffic and craziness in Breckenridge, Keystone, etc. Best decision. The views were rockin headed to Winter Park…and a bit scary at times…but photos were taken and that was alllll part of the plan:)

A mine on the side of the road. The only pretty one. Rest were boring brown.

Pic out the front window. We’re finally seeing the snow!

And just like that, you’re in a blizzard. And this was the scary part. To the right is a cliff. And no guard rail. But we’d prefer this route over Loveland Pass ANY DAY! Go read about Loveland Pass.

Ugly snowy moment.

Then it stops every so often and looks like this. Not kidding. Gorgeous.

This is pretty cool. Ever heard of Mary Jane? This is part of it…Olympic team trains here. It’s straight down hill. See the little people near the top?

Then we skied. Half day. We had plans that night. Plans to sleep and eat…because our bodies hated us by this point:)

Goodbye Winter Park!

Matt not too excited about driving home. Not a long drive. Just scary at times for us Ohio drivers.

And this was me the entire day. Not as much previous days but I’m wishing I had. I feel like we don’t have nearly enough pics of the good stuff. This is me taking the shot you see below it.

Sun going down on the way home. This was taken in the car.

Believe it or not, there are more pics coming:)

(all pics in this post were shot on my little Canon G11 – the grainy ones at the top were shot through a window with zoom)

Day two (after the hike) was spent with Lisa and Nile, clients of mine that I actually just met about two weeks ago! They helped set up this whole stay and then invited us over for game day. Great times and they have THE CUTEST cabin up here. Sorry everyone, but the highlight of game day for me was when these cute little buggers hung out right outside the window. I was in love.

Lisa made guac. Nile made dip. Matt and I brought some goodies and the Mooberry’s came over too. Great group for game day!

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DAY 3

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If you’ve seen any of my posts on Facebook or Twitter you’d know how excited Matt has been to go skiing for the first time. In fact, he fell asleep with his goggles on after testing them out in the cold and snow Friday night.

Then, as if that didn’t show his excitement, I heard a ton of noise in the kitchen the next morning (Saturday) at 5:20 am to find this guy all decked out, ready to go, and making banana pancakes.

Found out later he barely slept the night before. Adorable

We were on the road by 6:40 am on Saturday so we wouldn’t hit any traffic on the one road to Breckenridge.  A quick recap on the day: I haven’t skied in a while and Matt has NEVER so we decided to take a lesson together. Our instructor rocked but 30 minutes in, I remembered everything I had ever known and wanted to pluck my eyeballs out knowing there was another 4 hours of “here’s where your foot goes, and here’s how you ride the lift”. I managed to make it until lunch with Matt and had to try a few runs on my own. Then, I plucked Matt from class and pulled him down a green. He did great:) And let me tell you – green here is not like the greens in Ohio. But more on that when we share stories on Winter Park, our ski stop today.

Sorry there aren’t many pics – we weren’t ready to bring the cam on the slopes! I’ll post a few from my twitpic though.

A few from the camera posted via Twitpic

Overall – amazing day two. Day three was just as great! More to come. We still don’t know exactly when we’re leaving. We’re thinking tomorrow (Monday) morning. Plans got a little open and well, unplanned. That’s good every so often:)

We took a little hike yesterday, we met these two totally awesome folks. They let us short cut through their property to get to the trail. But before going, we stopped for 15 minutes to chat. They have  a sweet story about how they got their house 30 years ago. This is the short version: they showed up on the street and asked some guy outside of his home if he wanted to sell. Guy said yes so they bought and moved in the next week.

The day was like this. All day. Gorgeous.

And this was EVERYWHERE. Deer poop. Looks like coffee beans:)

I love this shot of Matt

A little snowball throwing action.

This was the only place we could set our camera to get a shot (forgot the tripod). There were some much more amazing views but this one wasn’t too bad

Matt wanted me to shoot this. Markings or something on the tree. Looks cool.

Our street. The hike started right out of front door.

Our house.

So many more pics from the day but I have to go! We’re at Breckenridge getting ready to go ski. Matt barely slept last night he was so excited. In fact, when I woke up this morning, I walked into the kitchen to find him fully decked out in his ski gear…at 5:30 am. He’s nuts but I love it:) We’re pumped. Video to come!!!