The most snow in 14 years; so we've been told.
We have season passes that gives us unlimited riding at A-Basin, Breckenridge & Keystone Ski Resorts and 10 days at Vail and/or Beaver Creek Ski Resorts. Tracy also has a season pass at Copper Mountain. Absolutely no excuse to get out on the mountain, even if it's just a few runs.
A-Basin was the first to open, so we got to warm up before the big opening day. Vail Opening Day was November 18 and we were there. Vail is about 30 miles away. Beaver Creek is a couple miles past Vail. Keystone is the closest to us about 5 miles away. A-Basin is a couple miles past Keystone. Breckenridge & Copper Mountains are about 10-15 miles from us. So we have a lot of choices each week. We got into a routine early on...snowboard all day, eat lunch, chill in the hot tub, early bedtime, wake up and do it all over again! Rough life.
Stan & Tracy after a day of snowboarding at A-Basin.
Because of all the early season snow, we had to learn how to be locals fast, including learning to clear the snow. Tracy shoveled the driveway 2 days in a row. We then became smart and invested in a snowblower. It takes no more than 20 minutes to blow the driveway now!! The deck however is a different story. It took us a couple weeks to figure out that we needed to keep the deck above the hot tub clear so it would not drip on us while we were "relaxing."
A few mishaps...learning the ways of cold winters and new houses.
1. Tracy decided it was time to clean up the caulk around the Master Bathroom tub. So she applied some caulk remover to the old caulk and then went off to do other things while the remover did it's thing. Even after the 3 hour time period was up...Tracy forgot about it. 2 weeks later...while bringing stuff into the storage room downstairs (under the Master bathroom), Tracy found a puddle. The plumber was called, 15 minutes later arrived, could not figure out where it was coming from, until Tracy remembered what she had done 2 weeks prior. Plumber left without charging the clueless blonde. Needless to say, new caulk was applied immediately.
2. Tracy got home from running errands around Noon one day. After unloading the car, she went inside to complete the rest of her To Do List. Went to bed around 11:00 p.m. and awoke to the neighbors car door closing and Frisco barking. This made her somehow realize that she had left the garage door open, so she got up and closed it. The next morning, Tracy and Frisco walked out of the bedroom into the living room and kitchen and were chilled. Even the kitchen floors were freezing. The house has radiant in floor heating, which you don't realize how wonderful it is until it's not working!! The heating company (same co as the plumber) was called and 15 minutes later arrived. The guy stared at the pipes and could not figure out what was wrong, until we made a trip to the garage after Tracy mentioned she had left the door open. The house had in floor heating, but the garage has regular radiant, copper pipe heating. Unfortunately the garage is hooked up to the same zone as the living room and kitchen. The copper pipe had froze (luckily it did not burst) from the 10 hours the garage was left open. A couple heaters from Wal-Mart (yes we have a Wal-Mart out here) and the heat was working again. Again...no charge!!
Lots to learn!
Who is that snowblowing?
It's Stan!
A Winter Wonderland in our backyard.
Lake Dillon is completely frozen. People Kiteboard, Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe across it during the winter.
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