There’s no place like home..
I just finished with what amounted to a solid week of travel.. 3 days in Seattle, then 4 days in Colorado. I managed to sleep in my own bed last Wednesday – but that’s the only time in the past week.
Last week started with a quick trip to Seattle to make a partner visit for my client. It was a lot of travel for the meetings, but we were able to enjoy a couple of good dinners along the way. Our partners took us to a great seafood place in Kirkland – the Third Floor Fish Cafe’.
On Thursday, Heather and I went to Colorado for the weekend to stay with Mark and Julie Picha. They had Julie’s father’s mountain house for the weekend in Silverthorne – so it was a great chance to visit and get in one last shot at skiing.
Mark Picha and I left the ladies behind on Friday and went to worship at the Holy Church of Vail. As usual, everything is better at Vail. You ski better, your breath is better, you are smarter, more clever, and taller at Vail. Friday was no exception. It was bright and sunny with 6″ of new snow – which we took full advantage of. The first run of the day was down a black diamond bump run in Game Creek Bowl – which we followed with 3 more hours of steep and deep in the back bowls. Pretty much the only cruisers we took were to get off the hill at the end of the day.
Saturday was spent on Copper Mountain. It was the direct opposite of Saturday – cold, grey, and icy with intermittent heavy snow. This made conditions very treacherous. The net result was that it became beer-thirty about an hour before the hill closed.
Ah, another successful ski season comes to a close – about 75,000 vertical feet, 0 blown knees, and lots of good memories..