Kid Ski, CO Trip, and such…

I took Haley girl skiing yesterday. I posted a bunch of sideways pictures on FB, so cock your head sideways, and check that out. As mentioned previously, I am very excited (possibly even stoked) that my kids are getting old enough to do stuff. Like in previous years, I was pretty much holding her up all the way down the hill and now she can ski top to bottom on her own… on green runs. We went down a blue and, ummm, she doesn’t like turning on steep sections yet and snowplow didn’t cut it and she had her first high speed yard sale. She recovered pretty quick though. Anyway, the nice thing with skiing with kids is that it being warm and sunny and 3/4 of the mountain closed didn’t matter in the least.  So, I’m going to try and take a kid a week and maybe if Morgan progresses similarly, I can take both older girls. In time.

Oh yeah, I should add that we are very lucky to have Kelly’s brother, Jeff, working as an instructor up there. He spent  at least half an hour or so helping us get set up and working with Haley ON HIS LUNCH BREAK when we first got up there…and that made all the difference.

Oh yeah (again), won’t be taking Morgie this week though, as I’m off to Denver tomorrow and will be there until Thursday morning…when I fly back and go straight to Outdoor Retailer where I have to work until Sunday. Not going to be a fun week for Kelly! They have a cheap as flight direct from Provo to Denver now (plus bikes fly free!!), but it didn’t work out timing wise as it’s only once/day each way. Definitely something I will keep in mind though. With that, I think I’ll put off driving until spring-ish. When it’s cheaper to fly, it’s tough to drive…although I need to see shops along the way too, plus I could bring more stuff.

It’ll be interesting going into a new territory, where I’m not “known” in the cycling community. That said, I’m not real motivated right now. I need to decide what to pack pretty quick, again, pretty limited because of baggage compared to the amount of stuff I have, but I just feel like hanging out. Oh yeah, I have to leave for the airport at, like, 4:45, so I should probably not put it off until late night! Anyway, I’ll do an update or two from the road… I know you’ll be holding your breath.

Alright, I guess that’s what I’ve got for the moment.