(The good parts)
Something was skipped back in February, and I wanted to take a minute to go back and share about our trip to Colorado.
Why Colorado?
Last year (in 2021) for Rosies delayed birthday gift, her and I went on a day- trip to go skiing in the mountains of North Carolina, and it went AWESOME. I did a blog- post about it, feel free to take a gander.
So this year, we got a chance to take skiing to the next level, by going out West to ski and celebrate uncle Jake’s 40th birthday.
The Logans packed up, and went to Fraser, CO!
Arrived in a blizzard
Car rentals are hard to come by, and expensive. For this trip, since it worked well for me in a trip in the past, I used a car from Turo to get us to our destination. The car was on the less expensive side, and it had a few years on it, but I wanted to make sure that it had four wheel drive just in case there was any snow. And sure enough, there was. While driving from the airport to Fraser (normally a 1:45 minute drive or so), we got the chance to turn it into a 3+ hour drive, over the 17,000 ft peak. It was terrifying, though I couldnt let the passengers in the car know exactly how scary it was. But, we made it safe and sound to meet uncle Jake.
Tubing and skiing, oh my
Matt and Evan weren’t due to arrive until later, so we got an extra 1/2 day on the mountain to make due with. We talked about skiing an extra day, but the best option was to get our trip started out with some TUBING! It was awesome, and surprisingly fast. You guys know Im a nerd, so I used the feature on my watch to record the run, and clocked 23 mph. It was awesome!
We got 2 days on the mountain, and by the end of day 2, Rosie was officially better than me. She was fearless, and would run through a brick wall to try and keep up with her (much cooler) big cousins. She crushed it.
This was my first trip skiing out west, and I just couldnt get over how beautiful it was. The pictures don’t do it justice, so I took a few short videos of our runs in 4k video.
It was a blast. A few other things happened that I am not going to get into now, but here are some pics that were highlights of our trip:
Unfortunately, I write these posts as a “first draft” on Monday mornings, before the kids wake up. Looks like they are waking up, and though there was a lot more fun that could be shared, here is where I must end for the day.