It's been a busy month...Tracy & Frisco got back to Dillon at the beginning of November. Tracy had snowboard instructor training 2 weekends in a row. We got a nice snow storm in the middle of the month which helped the resorts open early.
Tracy, Stan, Mark & Jeff even made it to opening day at Vail. Great snow!
Tracy started working at Loveland on November 22nd. 2 Adult Level 1 (never been on a snowboard) lessons on Tuesday and 1 Adult Level 1 class on Wednesday. They are group lessons with anywhere from 1 - 12 people in the class. Luckily there were only 6 in the first 2 classes and 9 in the 3rd. Got them all up on the mountain and even got them all down the mountain with no major issues. So far, so good.
After dropping Frisco off to spend the holiday weekend with Mark and Chewey, Tracy headed to the airport Thursday morning. After a 2 hour maintenance delay in Denver, Tracy finally made it to VA just in time for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was hosted by Marcy, Stuart & Lily. A big crew from both sides of the family helped chow down on Marcy's delicious turkey dinner. After a few more hours of Lily climbing all over Tracy the jungle gym it was time to head to our house in Falls Church for the last time. Stan had been staying at the house for the month of November...during the selling process. We moved everything out of the house on Friday and settled on the house Monday. Sad but somewhat a relief.
Friday night we drove down to Roanoke to visit with Stan's mom, Lois, and Aunt Linda, Uncle Marvin, cousins Blair & Chad (in from Pittsburgh). Another turkey dinner (and some venizen, Chad had hunted a couple days prior).
Saturday morning we went to the VT/UVA football game at VT. We beat them 17-0...love beating them!! After the game we went downtown for some good ol' fashioned celebrating!
Monday night Tracy flew back to CO and was welcomed with a winter storm. It's been snowing all night and day. Time for me to hit the slopes...
Enjoy the pix. (borrowed from Jay)
Stan, Black, Tracy & Jay at Sharkeys in Blacksburg.
Tracy getting a lift from Jay at Balcony/Top of the Stairs in Blacksburg.
Dayna & Tracy's "model" faces...
We ran into Hokie Alum, Bruce Smith at the Balcony...
Wednesday we took the ferry across Lake Constance to Meersburg Island, a small town where Germany's Oldest Castle is located, Castle of Meersburg, built in the 7th century. Stan even got to hang out with his friends.
A dinner party in the Castle of Meersburg...the centerpiece is an elk foot used as a drinking vessel.
After Meersburg, we took another ferry to Mainau Island. This is Mainau Maxi, the flower garden gnome.
Thursday, we took a train into Switzerland to visit Rheinfall. We then walked through the woods and a couple towns back to the train.
After Rhienfall, we made a pit stop in Stein Am Rhein. We had some cake and coffee at an outdoor cafe, then tooled around town a bit. 
Friday we took the train to Zurich. This is a view of the city from Grossmunster, a church with 2 towers. We had to climb through a very tight staircase all the way to the top
We ate lunch outside at a little cafe in Zurich.