Wednesday Breckenridge

On Wednesday John Viva Carole skied Breckenridge Peak 9.  They had a great day, again with very light traffic from visitors.  It is noticeably uncrowded for this time of year.  The temperatures are very chilly, teens thus far, but will warm for them the rest of the weekend.  

The ice carving competition left a fantastic display in town.  We walk down last night to see the sculptures and also to imbibe a creation designed by Ted Wilson.  The Crown in Breckenridge is more of a dessert-coffee house.  But with their collection of liqueurs, they followed Ted's recipe.  Scroll down.  We have it on line for you.  "Green Fuzzy on the Rockies".  Correctly named.  Very creative and lots of fun.

I hope your Superbowl weekend is GREAT!  We are thinking of you.

MPHS Colorado Ski Gathering 09

We are visiting in Breckenridge Colorado.  Viva is lodging us all.  John Kalmer and Carole Hanna Deardorff drove from Denver through tough snow storm on Monday morning but soon as they climbed above the clouds, the roads cleared and the mountains were waiting.  Viva and I and Carole enjoyed the trails John Kalmer navigated for us in Vail.  He has been skiing the Vail mountains since 1978.  Although he belonged on slopes far more challenging than those he had for us, he certainly had his hands full keeping us out of trouble.  

We had a great day on Tuesday.  The snow that impeded our drive on Monday created a fantastic powder blanket for us on ski on Tuesday.  The sun shined long enough for us to warm. The trees were frosted top to bottom and glistened in the sunlight.  Absolutely beautiful.  NONE OF US HAD CAMERAS.  (We will try to fix that Wednesday).