Yesterday was another blur that ended up with Ty’s basketball game at 6pm. They played 6th graders that looked like the Los Angeles Lakers. I think the final score was like 30 to 4 but am not sure as they turned the score board off! Right after that we loaded up the car and headed out of Dodge for the Ranch. 2 hours or so later we were in the mountains with Mojo in tow.
It’s cool outside but nice for the mountains in November. This is the last warm weekend up here I’m afraid until Springtime. On Monday the Arctic vortex, or whatever is the latest term weather people use, is due to arrive. In the city it’ll be like 30 something for the high and in the teens for the low so you know it’ll be cold at 8000 feet or more. Driving up last night it was a full moon so you could see the blue sky and white clouds all while dark. It was like it was daytime but someone turned off the lights.
Today we’ll get in a hike and some exploring down by the river. Off season up here is just about over as many of the ski areas are just opening. The girls Olympic team is training right now at Copper Mountain but Vail still isn’t open. There’s no snow on the ground until later this week, but Loveland, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin and Copper all opened this week with limited runs available. We have to rent the boys their snowboard boots this weekend. We still haven’t managed to figure out how to get their passes yet so that’s another thing on my list. The real season (when the tourists arrive and all the restaurants open) is right at Thanksgiving. Up until then it’s just mostly locals.
We’ve been invited to the Snow Ball which kicks off the 2015 World Championship Season. This is a big deal as tickets are almost unattainable and even if they were, we couldn’t afford them. Here’s the info, should be a lot of fun with all the Olympic athletes and our friends. Thankfully it’s in Denver. For those of you that don’t know, the World Championships haven’t been here for about 20 years and is basically the Olympics without the ice skating and stuff! Our friend Heidi is one of the people on the committee and she bought a table and asked us to be her guests, we can’t wait! Here’s the info,
That’s about it, hope everyone is well, take care and God Bless and Go U.S. A. !
p.s. Tom and Ali, we’ll try to get Bode and autograph from Bode! If you happen to drive by the house today, please pick up our newspaper so it doesn’t look like we’re gone. Don’t worry about the lights, thanks! Home tomorrow