Vail/Beaver Creek over MLK weekend

Both Lindsey and Brian had a 3 day weekend over MLK Day weekend so they headed to Vail and Beaver Creek to use 3 of their 10 days allowed at these two ski resorts. Tucker stayed with his good friend Henry in Loveland.

Saturday they skied Beaver Creek which they both liked due to being so much bigger than other resorts they had skied previously this winter(Keystone, Breckenridge, and Arapahoe Basin) Throughout the runs there are houses everywhere. And big houses with features like heated driveways and large stone arches to enter the driveways. Here is a picture of 1 house, which is fairly average...

The condo was much smaller than it looked in the pictures, but it was nice. Instead of going out to dinner, meals of pasta and brats for the Packer game were cooked. The fireplace was a nice touch as well.

Sunday they skied Vail, an ENORMOUS mountain. The day was absolutely perfect with temperatures in the 30 degree range and bright blue skies. Runs in the China Bowl were the favorites of the day where it seems you have the whole mountain to yourself because of it's vastness. A picture of only a few of the bowls here.(Picture courtesy of Vail Resorts as the camera was left home)

After a fantastic day skiing the only thing better would have been a Super Bowl birth for the Packers. Of course we all know what happened and it is not to be spoken of again...

Monday brought a Packer hangover that was accurately identified by the an employee who saw Wisconsin plates on the Jimmy as it was being parked. Who was this employee? None other than high school friend Josh Bergeman! Very random indeed.

The snow wasn't great, in fact it was very icy and with flat light it was hard to ski in. Here is a picture of Lindsey posing with her new K2 skis.