Our friends the Posts invited us to join their family, plus Lonny and Tracy, up in a rented house in Glenwood over New Years. We barely made it out of Denver before the second snow storm hit the city (I-70 was closed through Eisenhower Tunnel, so we had to divert over Berthoud Pass), but once we made it over the Continental Divide, the roads were clear and dry. We skied two days at Sunlight (a small ski area a few minutes away from Glenwood), went snowshoeing in Aspen, played games, watched movies, and rang in the New Year - it was great! Happy New Year everyone!
Brad, prepping to ski down Ute at Sunlight
Shari
Lisa and Brian
Mt. Sopris, from the top of Sunlight Ski Area
Ginger and Sunlight Ski Area
Brian, with his mailbox cozy
Brad, napping after a long ski day
Snowshoeing through a ritzy Aspen neighborhood
Heading back into the Hunter Valley
Brad, Sara, and Kevin ahead on the trail
Tracy, Andy, Shari, Lisa, and Lonny
Kevin and Sara
Brian and Tracy
Andy
Shari
Shari, Kevin, and Sara
Aspens
Mika, slowly heading up the trail
Brad, taking a photo of the aspens...
...this photo
Shari
Lonny
Resting along the trail with Lonny sitting in the snow
Lonny and Lisa
View of Baldy Mountain outside of Aspen
Aspen Highlands and the Maroon Bells
Aspen Highlands and the Maroon Bells
Lonny, zipping up his coat
Lisa, eating a sandwich
A Tenth Mountain Division cabin
Fun with perspective
Lisa, begging for hot cocoa
Mika and Shari
The Maroon Bells in the distance
Brian
Lisa
Tracy, running through the snow
Tracy, Shari, Lonny, and Brad
Tracy, Shari, Lonny, and Brad
Lisa, making snow angels
Lisa, making snow angels
Playing in the snow
Lonny making a snow angel
Lonny
Andy, falling into snow angel position
Andy, in snow angel position
Sara, Kevin, and Mika
Shari, Kevin, Sara, and Andy
Tracy and the moon
Brad photographing Tracy
...for this shot
Shari and the moon
Lisa, walking back on the trail
The trail
Lisa and Brian
Aspen
"Joan" and "Jay" enjoying a day out snowshoeing
Tracy, with her new upholstery hat and balaclava
Upholstery girl and Lonny
Mika and Tracy dancing
Tracy and Ginger
Tracy, laughing over the word "tegmen" in Balderdash
Lisa, laughing as well
Lonny, Sara, and Kevin, playing Balderdash
Brad and Lisa, after having located the "cooking epoxy"
Andy with morning hair (trying to avoid being photographed)
Tracy
Kevin, Sara, Sheri, Mika, Brad, Lisa, Tracy, and Lonny at Sunlight
Andy, jumping off a small ridge
Lisa and Tracy, warming their boots
Andy, on a steep and rocky black run
Lisa and Lonny, skiing down "Ferret's Hollow"
Lonny, mid-turn
Sara and Kevin
Mika, Shari, Tracy, and Lisa
Lisa
Mt. Sopris, Capitol Peak, and Snowmass Mountain
Lonny, Lisa, Andy, and Tracy heading down Rebel...
...where this happened
Andy, hitting a jump late in the day
Brad's shot of the rising moon through the trees
Shari, deciding that she wanted to open the gifts under the tree at the house where we stayed
...and then breaking an ornament
What's a trip with the Post's without tire problems (remember Longs Peak?)
Brad's monster splinter from the hand rail at Sunlight (half was already removed)