Sunday/Monday 12-13 FEB

    Snow Sat Night and Sunday,  wet heavy snow.

                                                  Church Sunday

                                     Sunday night snow continurs.

                       MONDAY @ Durango, 14 inches of fresh snow,  To heavy and wet gto call powser buy lots of snow

                    There is a house under there, folks are worred about the weight of all the snow.

                                        Snow pushed up everywhere.

                                          Lots of snow.

                                      The heavy snow cotes the trees and bushes.

                                         Beautiful drive with the fresh snow.

                                      When George and I were skining last week these fence post only had about 6 inches of snow around them.
It snowed off and on all day forecast to snow tonight and tomorrow an additional 6-8 inches, check back tomorrow.

George Goes Home--End of week two

Today started with a trip to "The Dinner", where the locals go.  The cook is located just behind the counterand he starts by grating your potatoes fresh on the grill aboutg a pound of hash browns cooked to order.  Breakfast is served in a large platter and it is full.  In addition to a pound of hash browns there are eggs and sausge patties that are 6 inches acrost.  I love  breakfast and had to leave food on my platter, George ate everything and wanted a sweet roll , at least a half pound but I was able to talk him out of it. 

Dinner was about 15 ft wide wikth one long bar.

      Then it was back to the condo to finish packing and off to the airport.

         George had to stand in line to check in, the only line wse have had to stand in for two weeks.  George has returned to Richmond, VA.  I miss my ski partner already but there is suppose to be fresh snow tomorrow so I won't miss him for long.
  Spent the rest of the day doing laundry and repairing my skis.
  Check back tomorrow  and see how  bad the storm was, the temp has dropped 35 degrees in the past 4 hours and they are calling for 4-16 inches tonight and tomorrow.

Georgte's Last Ski Day

GEORGES LAST SKI DAY

Last day was as beautiful as you could ask for, sun was shining no wind no lift lines and we skied until we were ready to drop.  Snow held up well and never got slushy.  All in All a great week, plus Park City week makes for a great ski vacation.

   Not sure what George was taking, he was suppose to get a shot of the Durango Mountain Resort entrance.

                                Some of the condos at the resort.  We did not stay here.

                                                    Condos with the slopes in the background.

                    Break time was a requirement today, we skied hard, trying to make up for lost time.

George will be missed next week when I have to ski alone but the weather man says more snow is on the way so I will just have to tough it out.

Check back tomorrow, I will take George to the airport, do my weekly washing and hopefully repair my ski bindings.

The Great Train Ride

  we decided we needed a rest today so went for a train ride into the mountains.   The senery was beautiful but after 4 hours at 10 mph over rough tracks with 200 kids we were as tired as skiing all day.

                George has lots of grandkids so the train shop has his attention, boy were they happy to see him.

                 Things are quiet before the arrival of the school kids.  They added 2 additional cars to handle everyone and the kids ran nonstop from the front car to the rear and return.

                   We had expected additional snow last night but no luck.  There was quiet a bit of snow remaining the higher we went.

                  Curves in the mountains make for some great shots of the train.

                  The tracks run along a deep gourge with the Antmas river running fast.  Summer brings white water rafters to this area.

      The train stops at Cascade Canyon for lunch and turns around for the return trip to Durango.  Lots of beautiful senery, no not George feeding his face.

     George checks out the old steam engine and tries to convince the school kids he is not as old as the train.

     I check out the coal and water tender.  The engine uses 3500 gal of water for steam on each trip.

                                                       Our  driver.

                                                    Kids KNEW I  was as old as the train.

           Down hill all the way home.
Check back tomorrow, it will be Georges last ski day.

8 Feb

                          Another beautiful day, not many pictures becaused we skied hard all day.

                          George is still doing business, he does not have the heart to tell everyone he is on vacation to call back next week.  To nice !

                    We found the HR shop and will pick up job applications, but we only want to work when the skiing is bad, the lady said good luck , so that must mean they are cponsidering hiring us next year.

                              We could replace these two outstanding citizens, they were just standing around helping with ski equipment.  We could do this job if there were not too many folks with equipment.

                                George's favorite run, just keep the pointy end of the skis pointed downhill.

                         Most of the runs have not been renamed, the resort was named "PURGATORY"  until the new owners thought the name was bad for business.

This sad sack reminded me of all the folks than could not be skiing like, Jana, Murry, Travis, Tyler, Chandler, and Tink.
Check back tomorrow for photos of the train ride--no skiing tomorrow, rest day.

Day 4 Week 2 ALL SUNSHINE

    Tuesday 7 Feb (I Think), Weather has been beautiful, 20 and lots of sunshine.  The official weather man says we had 28 inches in the past 3 days and its a winter wonderland.

                                    George looks a bank executive, don't yot think?

                                            Snow everwhere and lots of grommed runs.

                             George is finally learning to use the camera.  Even with this great weather there were no lift lines.

                                     George is getting better skiing powder.  The resort left lots of powder areas for the powder hounds.

        The powder skiing took its toll,  we were bushed before the lifts closed and actually left the mountain early looking for the hot tub.  I know lots of you can't believe I stopped skiing early but what can I say, a  old man has his limits.
Check back tomorrow for more fun pictures.  Its suppose to snow tomorrow, and George and I have been talking about taking the Durango / Silverton Railroad on Thursday (Old Steam Engine).

Part 2 of Powder Day @ Durango

                                           George has sock issues.

                                             Snow pictures.

                                   Note the snow on the goggles, George took a head plant.  I fell more to day than all of last year, but with 18 inches of powder its all pretty soft.

                      Ice and snow cover the face.
  A great powder day, sore areas but the hot tub is calling.  It was still snowing when we left the slopes but we are hoping for grommed slopes in the morning.
   Check back tomorrow for more photos.