Last night we were beat, and I mistakenly thought I was going to sleep in. Ha ha on me.
Someone called at 8am on a Saturday because they thought I was still in the eastern time zone, so it would have been 10am, reasonable, but it’s still Saturday! That’s ok, we caught up and then it was time for breakfast.
DCM slaved over some egos with butter and Mrs Butterworth, yum! We got dressed and headed out the door, I was heading to Breckenridge to ski, he was heading to Błackhawk to get his game on. Unfortunately, it started snowing when he got half way there, so he came home.
I continued on too Breckenridge, after ensuring that he was ok with us spending part of the day apart, now that he wasn’t going to Błackhawk, since we haven’t seen each other and I’m heading out of town for two weeks, all good.
I made it to Breckenridge and found a place to park, not an easy feat, the place was packed! I found free packing on a side street, geared up (.it’s getting easier by the way) and headed towards Main Street. The great thing about Breck, apparently that’s what those in the know call it, so I’m calling it Breck! is that they have a great infrastructure for getting people around.
They have free shuttles to take you from side to side, section to section, lift to lift, wherever you want to go. This one dropped me off at the gondola parking lot, I hopped on the gondola, went to the top, where there is a lodge, restaurant, rentals, hotel and lift.
I’m hoping one time we will stay at a stay and ski, that’s where you walk out of your room or condo right to the lift! Wow!
I got on the lift, this was a chair lift, seating six and if you’re a single, just hop on with other people. It’s nice, people ask you to join them and you meet the most interesting people on a chair lift and gondola.
As we are heading up to the top, it starts snowing, it’s crazy, snowing sideways, very windy! When we get to the top, there are times with very low visibility, it was crazy!
There are different peaks, catering to all levels of ability. Today, I did blue squares, which are for medium experience level. It was awesome! The powder was soft, no ice and easy to maneuver, it brought back so many memories when I skied when I was a kid.
I need a Go-Pro camera!
I was even feeling better and more confident, that helped. I did the first run and headed right back up for the next run, after two or three, I decided I needed some sustanance, I headed to Sevens to Go, got my food and sat outside while it snowed, it was great! I enjoyed a smashed potato bowl! It was mashed potatoes with vegetable stew on top, yum!
After I finished, I did a few more runs and then I was done, it was snowing harder, my knees were talking to me and I headed to the gondola down to the parking lot, hopped on the shuttle and headed to my car, who, by the way, doesn’t like this weather! She needs a bath!
Just so you know…I’m definitely going back to Breck! Who’s coming with me?
When i got home, we headed out to pick a few things up and then back home to watch two movies, “White House Down” and “Escape Plan”, reviews coming soon.
Peaches Prattlings 