This whole blog thing sounded so easy in concept….I thought , oh yeah, I’ll be writing every day. But then, Colorado happened and suddenly the laptop sort of got forgotten. Who wants to look at a screen when you can look at the Rockies? Not this girl….
So here I am riding along Hwy 70 from Colorado about to enter Arches National park in Utah.Tonight we get to stay in a real campground, not a Walmart parking lot. Pretty excited about that. We will have a campfire and eat on a picnic table OUTSIDE. Yeehaw. And tomorrow, instead of skiing we will hike.
But, first I guess, a recap of week two is in order.
We said goodbye to Sheila on tuesday and headed back up to Vail where we stayed again at Lionshead in the RV parking for FREE. No overnight camping allowed but oh well…. we were really quiet and no one said a word. It was chilly at night and Kj ended up in our bed with us by 4 am each day. The altitude played it’s part for sure. There were times I thought I was having an asthma attack, especially when Kj was asleep on my chest, felt like an elephant not a 28 lb. Haitian. The skiing at Vail is, really, indescribable. That place is so big. Got some new snow which made the skiing all the better. Kj and I got to spend some much anticipated bus time/ Mommy, wide bus?/while dad and Jake found the hidden powder stash. A big thanks to April Simmons, who spent a day with the little man so mom and dad could tear it up alone and did we ever. Fell absolutely in love with blue sky basin on the backside of Vail. We had so much fun we didn’t even stop to eat until 245. That’s a day I will never forget.
Kj and I really enjoyed a day on the magic carpet where he really started to master the art of turning.This kid is so much like his big brother Jake that he will not snowplow, just like Jake when he learned. He can already lay down a mean parallel carve, and had fun following Jake down, of course attached to his harness and leash, since as of now, his idea of stopping in to just lay down on his back. It works on the bunny hill.
We took time to do laundry and a super nice local guy told us about the rec center where we went to swim, hottub, shower and use the internet all for 10.00. Great find. The Walmart in Frisco was also home for a couple nights so we could spend a very windy day at Arapaho Basin. More magic carpet fun for Kj.and some STEEP stuff for dad.
All in all it was a great way to spend week 2. Met some great people, ate some great food, and saw some amazing mountains….what more could you hope for?
And now…the Arches are calling.
