Sunday, March 10, 2013

Steamboat Spring Break - Day 1

Our plane left Richmond at 5:30am which meant that we needed to be at the airport by 4:20am to meet everyone...which meant that we needed to leave for the airport by 3:50am....which meant we needed to get up at 3:00am. Unfortunately, the time change occurred on this night so we actually got up at 2:00am to get ready to head to CO. My intention was to go to bed at 7pm so I would be rested for the day but that didn't really happen. Tim came to stay with us so we could car pool to the airport and we ended up ordering pizza and staying up a bit later (until 10pm). I was anxious b/c I knew we needed to be sharp for travel (including 2 layovers and plane changes) with seven 17-year old boys. It was fine though, we woke up ready to go and all the boys were at the airport in plenty of time. The flights on the way out were all delayed a bit which was nerve wrecking because there are so few flights going into Steamboat. If we were to miss our flight, we would have been out of luck for hours. However, we made it no problem.
As we flew into the Yampa Valley, I got chocked up and found myself with tears flowing down my cheeks as I was drawn into the beauty of the Valley and all the areas that we had explored for years before moving away. I didn't think it would hit me that hard but I definitely miss the peace and serenity of living smack dab in the middle of the Rocky mountains. It was good to be home.
All of our luggage made it, Alpine Taxi was there to pick us up, and our condo (The Phoenix) was ready for us when we arrived. Life is good!
We got to the condo, unloaded everything, and immediately headed to Gondola Square to get rentals for those that needed them and to re familiarize ourselves with the mountain. We did dinner at Slopeside Restaurant that evening. Everyone was wiped out and it was close and easy. It was a great start to the week and we were all ready for bed pretty early so we could hit the slopes on the first chair in the morning. 









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