Skiing in Breck

We had so much fun while we were skiing!! We drove up to Fairplay, CO on Wed and stayed with Jon and Mandy at the Aldrich family cabin. They have such a nice place and are so willing to share with everyone...thanks for being so hospitable...we had a great time!!

We got to spend three days sliding down the slopes in Breckenridge. Daniel tried snowboarding for the second time in his life, but I stuck to the skis. I think that we both did an excellent job. You could not even tell that Dan was not a seasoned snowboarder and, before long, we were hitting the blue/blacks and blacks.

The weather was nice and chilly!! I don't know that it ever got over 20 degrees the whole time we were there. It snowed steadily the first two days that we skied and was cloudy. It would get a little cold while we were sitting on the lifts but then we would definitely warm up as we made our way down the mountain.

The third day started out beautifully!! The sun was shining and we were having a blast skiing on the powdery new snow. A little after lunch, the clouds moved in and it got extremely windy! I think they said the wind chill dropped to -25 and it was blowing about 40 miles an hour at times. We finally decided to call it a day and headed down to the car...it took a long time to make it down because we couldn't see where we were going due to the blowing snow. We should have known that the blowing snow in Breck could lead to trouble leaving the next day, but I don't guess that crossed our mind at the time...we probably should have taken it as a warning of things to come!!





Check back tomorrow for the real adventure...our journey home...