11/25/07 Winter Park, Colorado

It took us 2.5 hours in the RV to reach Winter Park from Longmont, Steve made it in about 1.5 hours in the car, that is with very dry roads and no traffic. We headed straight for town to buy food and then to the mountain to get our ski passes, everything went off smoothly and we arrived at our condo around 4pm. A great fit, so convenient, we parked the RV right outside our door, we are in an end unit and the jacuzzi is a one minute walk. Of course the boys are excited to watch cartoons galore, I am excited to read, relax, ski a bit each day and mostly enjoy each other.

The next morning Luc, Reese and I headed out bright and early at 10:30am.. perfect. It was quite a challange getting them both dressed and ready, on the shuttle, on the bunny hill, Luc was less than enthusiastic and I was more than frustrated. We finally got on the chair lift and I skied with Luc between my legs, which gave him a feel for skiing without really teaching him how to do it. But I had to keep up with Reese too. Reese was doing very well, this is his 3rd year skiing, first year was Christmas in Steamboat, last year he and Steve went to Park City and now Winter Park. He took off and did several runs on his own and Luc and I gave each other dirty looks as i contemplated paying the $105 to put him in ski school for the day.

Day 2 was not much better, Luc and I were battling, and he did not want to be there, I felt like if he'd just pick it up, it would be fun, but not yet..

Reese and I got to take 3-4 runs alone in the afternoon, Luc went back to the condo with Daddy, that was very cool, Reese did his first blue run (green circle is easiest, then blue square, then black diamond), he did great, it was pretty icy, but he just snowploughed straight down the hill, we'll work on turns later. We were having a great time until I accidentially dropped his glove on the chair lift while trying to "help" him put it on, no recovery possible, but he made it 2 more runs and just pulled his hand inside his jacket, this kid is no wimp. It got cold and we headed in..

That night it snowed 5 inches, so pretty, every tree was dusted white. We had to get up at 6am and drive Steve and Reese to the Denver airport cause they were flying back to LA area for 7 days, Steve was working and doing a 3 day retreat and Reese was visiting family and friends. I was nervous about the snowy roads but no problems, the Passat has all weather tires and the ploughs did a great job clearing the roads.