Hey everyone! It's been a while and it's time for the
ski trip update. So... Tuesday the 13th, Nick and I stayed the night in Castle Rock at my parents house. My friend Kendall had to work that night so after she got off, her parents drove her up to Castle Rock to my parents house. They all got there around 10:30pm and we had introductions because Nick and I had not met her parents yet... her parents wanted to make sure that she wasn't running off with some
low lifes I guess. Well anyway, we headed to bed soon after because we had an early morning ahead of us!
The next morning we left around 6 am and headed to the mountains! The morning traffic wasn't too bad until we reached the 470 and I-70 connect... some lady drove into the dividing median where the roads separate, right where we had to exit so we went below 10 mile per hour there for about 10 minutes! After that minor accident but major back up, we were free from traffic along I-70 heading west. After we got through the
Eisenhower Tunnel there was some slowing of traffic due to snow fall but the roads weren't too icy.
Finally we arrived in Frisco where Kendall and I rented our skiis from a Christy Sports there. The line was long but we got a good deal. So soon thereafter we left for Breckenridge; it seemed like a long drive because the closer we got to Breck, the worse traffic got. We weren't sure where we were going to park exactly but we ended up parking near the gondola. Now this is where it got tricky...
So you're probably wondering what happened to Joey. Well his sister picked him up from DIA Tuesday afternoon, then he stayed the night at her place in Boulder. We all were going to meet at the Christy Sports in Frisco but because they were running late, we (Me, Nick, and Kendall) decided to go ahead to Breck.
So now back to me, Nick, and Kendall... we got all
geared up and rode the gondola up to the peak 7 where we could buy our $10.50 lift tickets (yay!) It was such a good deal! So we headed towards the lift. Joey, his sister, and her boyfriend had to park at the other gondola near peak 8 so we decided that we would ride one of the lifts up and then connect to peak 8. After a minor
set back (Kendall's ski boot didn't fit on her ski so we had to get that fixed), we got to peak 8 base and finally met up with Joey. We rode down quite a few times but it was colder the higher up the mountain we went. Riding the lift up was the worst part because towards the top of the mountain the wind was
blowing snow in our faces.


We were out most of the day skiing and boarding and then decided to head back to the hotel earlier then the rest of the crowd so we didn't have to wait in traffic.
The hot tub at the hotel was amazing for our
achy muscles.
After a night full of drinking and having fun, we decided not to ski/board the next day (Thurday) because it was going to cost too much and we were all tired. I could go on and on but basically we had a great trip!
Alright so for the rest of Joey's trip... it was such a nice week so that Friday the 16th we went to Garden of the Gods and hiked around with Kendall we took lots of pictures...



and then Saturday me, Nick, and Joey went to the park and threw the football around and played some baseball/softball (I'm a better pitcher than I thought I was-- Nick slammed one out of the park though!)... On Sunday me, Nick and Joey hiked around at Palmer Park but we didn't bring our camera for that.
It was great having Joey out here for so many days! :)
-Emily