Camping

I affectionately call staying at our Breckenridge house "camping."  To me, we are roughing it in this tiny 2,000 square foot house.  Yes, we do have cable, wifi, Netflix, indoor plumbing, and a rocking wood stove that gets the house up past 80 degrees.  Still, we are in the middle of nowhere (three miles from a medium sized town with tons of amenities).  In fact, pulling out of our driveway this morning, we almost ran into these guys in the middle of the road.

It's hard to see the moose running off into the trees.  Seeing those babies on the road will get your heart going.  We have been up in the mountains since Friday, when Breckenridge got 19 inches of snow.  We skied Saturday morning, but it was cold and probably too much powder for Bode, as he would quickly lose his forward momentum.  I rarely took the camera out of my pocket, so only got this shot from Saturday.

There was hardly any sun, and the temperatures were very low.  We skied for a few hours, but then we headed home to the aforementioned campsite.  We didn't stay long because Rogue One was playing at the local theater.  We decided to go, and got this picture of Bode in the parking lot.

We all enjoyed the movie, but Bode didn't like the fact one of the characters name in the movie was also Bode.  Weird.  On Sunday the high in Breckenridge was a balmy 5 degrees.  We didn't feel like taking Bode out in this mess, and Ashley wasn't too keen on it either.  Therefore, I went for about three hours.  With the sun out, it wasn't near as bad as the previous day, but around 1130 the wind started to pick up and I was done.  We all went to lunch, and then went swimming at the rec center.  We spent the evening by the fire and were lazy dogs like Joey.

Today was a much better day.  The high was 30 degrees, and this huge delta in temps made it feel even warmer.  We got to the slopes around 9.  We thought it would be crowded but it most certainly wasn't.  We headed up to the top of Peak 9, skied some, went over to Peak 8, flew down a black diamond, and then back up Chair 6 to near the top of the world (sort of).

Hardly anyone on the slopes and not a cloud in the sky--quite a day.  Mommy was kind enough to snap a picture of Bode and me.

I also tried to take some movies.  It's hard to tell, but Bode has really improved.  His stop is looking more and more like a hockey stop, and he sort of swooshes when he's essing down the mountain.

We went to town for some lunch.  Like I said, it was a beautiful day.

We will likely ski again tomorrow.  At some point, it might get boring (skiing again?), but until then, we'll continue to go :-)  Happy Monday to all.