We're good about blogging to our normal site, but pretty lousy about posting to our mountain page. Here is is over a year since the last posting. Unfortunately, we've only been back to the place twice in that time - both for some great skiing.
Again, in 2014, we spent Spring Break week in the mountains. Cam did great on the slopes this year and we spent a few days in Winter Park. We asked him if he wanted to snowmobile and he opted to ski the whole time! We took a day off mid-week, and then he got a little sick so Cam and Lori stayed home. I (Chris) met up with our friend Shannon for a day. Unfortunately, the 2nd run down in the bowls, she hit some crud and went down. I wasn't sure if she was laughing or crying. It was the latter and she really messed up her knee. I skied down to get help and found some patrolmen at the emergency call station and had some medics sent up. She went down in the body bag and I skied to the bottom and drove to the hospital to get her. She was able to drive home but really had a hard time walking. Turns out an ACL tear and some other injuries.
Well, a big storm was expected to come in so we had to take off a bit early. It cut our week a little short but we played it safe.
Just a couple weeks later, Lori was out in Colorado for work. I flew out to meet her - Cam staying home this time - and we did another couple days on the slopes. It seemed like the longest weekend ever, but we only spent one day at our place! I got to the airport at 5am on Friday. Lori got me at 7:30. We got to the condo, picked up our stuff and then skied. Went home, then to town for dinner. On Saturday we skied again. The plan was to also ski Sunday and drive to Denver for our flights in the afternoon. Well as it turns out, yet another big storm was expected. We had a wimpy little rental car. So we headed downhill and spent the night in Denver. Our flights on Sunday weren't till late so we had a lot of time to kill. After stalling at the hotel for while, we hit the Bass Pro and a little local beer joint. Then we hit the museum - it was free that day and extremely busy. Eventually we made it to the airport only to end up on delayed flights. Lori got home just after midnight and I got home around 2:00. Pretty long weekend for only 2 nights away.
Here is is, summer. Its wet and rainy. Bugs have been bad this year. We find ourselves missing the mountains. After all, it was a very snowy year there, which means good runoff. Lake Granby will be full. We'd love to enjoy the view from the new restaurant we found over Spring Break - Mustacio's. What a fantastic view! But with our schedule this year it doesn't seem to be in the cards. Cam's schedule is crazy. It looks like a long weekend in Chicago. Maybe a few business trips and then an opportunity to visit Barcelona for VMWorld's European conference. Lori was asked to present. But the mountains may have to wait until winter unless we sneak in a long weekend with cheap flights.
Sometimes we wonder if it's worth it - having this place so far away. But every time we go, we feel like we're at home. We love it in Grand Lake and have a hard time parting with it. Some day we'll be able to spend much more time there. And despite the additional costs, it is giving us great memories that will last us a lifetime.
Miss ya, Grand County. Sorry we haven't been good about sharing our love of your fantastic opportunities. I guess we just need to visit more often and make a point of updating while we're there.
Until next time (which may be another year!!!!)......
