Blogs from Winter Park, Colorado, United States, North America

Beamer is feeling a lot better today. He is not fully recovered, however he has a lot more pep in his step. As a matter of fact, at the end of this day, when we arrived at Bob and Gloria’s ski lodge, he immediately started jumping up and down and running around like a little kid. He remembers this place and he likes it here. Perhaps he can detect the scent of his little friend Pierre. He is now laying in front of the fire relaxing and watching the flames. He still won’t eat his dog food, but that’s not because he is sick, it is because he got spoiled by the people food we fed him during his recovery. Did I say he was spoiled? We hit the road this morning at 7:45 and 77 ... read more

Geo: 39.8917, -105.762We headed out this morning at 7:30 AM and 57 degrees with Colorado in our sights. We drove for three hours through southern Wyoming, and as we got further south, the topography got much more interesting than it was yesterday. As we have seen in the southwest, out of deserts rise great mesas, and we saw some today. They did not have the bright and variegated colors of the ones in the southwest…these were yellowish tan…but they look majestic nonetheless with the horizontal ridges at the top and sand falling away at the bottom. We left Wyoming and crossed the border into Colorado at 10:23 and it always feels good to be in this state…it is incredibly beautiful. Colorado gave to me a love for mountains and perhaps one day I will see the ... read more

We departed Moab with a sense of a relief. The Utah dessert and the suffocating heat engulfing the Southwest were in our rear view mirror. The red dessert turned green and soon we were at the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains. As we arrived in Grand Junction, usually crystal clear skies were filled with a thick, dark smoke from the westernmost of three forest fires in the state. The Rockies grew nearer and at last, after driving through a smokey haze, we were amongst the grand mountains. Rolling down our car windows, we had emerged in cooler temperatures and brisker air, a refreshing gift from the Alpine gods for which we were so grateful. Colorado, like most of the other areas in the western United States we had been through, was under extremely dry conditions, ... read more

Not a lot to say...just enjoying the scenery. The most significant thing that happened to me here so far is that a bag of chips I had on me exploded as I passed 12,000'.... read more

On Friday night, the 18th, I flew into Denver where I met up with Montserrat. Montse had never been skiing before, but was willing to go. One of the few who were willing to, even with a free condo thrown in, what is wrong with people? Montse is a friend from Mexico, who now lives in San Francisco. She is adventurous and a ton of fun, and made a great addition to the trip. We waited for, what seemed like hours, for my board to come around and met Steve outside of the airport. After we loaded up we made the 45 minute or so drive to Steve and Erin’s place. (Steve and Erin are friends from Omaha. Steve used to work with me and I met Erin through Steve. They both attended Creighton and got ... read more