Yay...we had a visitor! The much-anticipated visit from my sister finally happened. Lindsey flew out on Saturday via Peoria-Denver-Eagle flights. She wasn't a big fan of the puddle jumper she rode from Denver to Eagle, but she made it right on time. We spent Saturday showing her our school, the new house and just basically around all of Eagle and Gypsum. Saturday night we had a few friends (Torrey and Alana from Cali, Torrey teaches with Nick & I and Alana teaches 2nd grade right down the road from the middle school - I think Nick has mentioned them in previous blogs) over for hamburgers (Lindsey insisted upon her cheeseburger!) and a hotly contested game of Phase Ten. Alana pulled it out somehow...no clue how really...and that was our night. CORRECTION: NICK WON PHASE TEN!!! my bad :-)
Sunday we went to church then ventured up to Vail pass for some snowshoeing. It was pretty awesome. Lindsey was very excited that she didn't have to be carried back to the car on a stretcher, so I think it was a pretty successful trip. There was snow (duh...snowshoes) up there but not too much snow just yet. Pretty much the perfect amount for our hike.
Monday I took the day off. Lindsey and I had planned to do a hike (Hanging Lake) but the weather was less than pleasant, so we just drove down to Glenwood to look at the pretty views of the canyon. We were lucky enough to see big horn sheep and some mule deer while out on our drive. After we drove the canyon, we decided to go up to Sylvan Lake and catch some more views. For those of you who don't know, I'm a little (or a lot, depending on who you talk to) squirmish on nasty roads...especially those covered in snow and ice. So, Sylvan Lake took every ounce of bravery I had (and maybe some I didn't have??), but we survived. We (aka Lindsey, the one who wasn't driving) got some beautiful pictures of the snow on the lake. The roads up at Sylvan Lake are a red dirt, which turns to mush when it's wet. Which means we slid down the mud worse than when we were on snow or ice. That was a bit freaky, and I did actually stop the car at one point and say OK, I have to take a deep breathe before I can continue driving. Monday's drives were followed by an awesome dinner (with Nicholas, Torrey and Alana) at The Rittenhouse Restaurant in Gypsum. Their Monday night special? $5 burgers with waffle fries and $2 drinks...what could be better than that??
Lindsey was dropped off at the airport this morning (it's fun getting up at 4 am!) with a few hugs and some good wishes. Apparently, it will be a good while before she tries the Denver-Eagle flights again (mountains cause turbulance...what else can I say??), which is fine...we can always drive the 2+ hours over 2 passes to go pick her up :-)
Yay...we had a visitor! The much-anticipated visit from my sister finally happened. Lindsey flew out on Saturday via Peoria-Denver-Eagle flights. She wasn't a big fan of the puddle jumper she rode from Denver to Eagle, but she made it right on time. We spent Saturday showing her our school, the new house and just basically around all of Eagle and Gypsum. Saturday night we had a few friends (Torrey and Alana from Cali, Torrey teaches with Nick & I and Alana teaches 2nd grade right down the road from the middle school - I think Nick has mentioned them in previous blogs) over for hamburgers (Lindsey insisted upon her cheeseburger!) and a hotly contested game of Phase Ten. Alana pulled it out somehow...no clue how really...and that was our night. CORRECTION: NICK WON PHASE TEN!!! my bad :-)
Sunday we went to church then ventured up to Vail pass for some snowshoeing. It was pretty awesome. Lindsey was very excited that she didn't have to be carried back to the car on a stretcher, so I think it was a pretty successful trip. There was snow (duh...snowshoes) up there but not too much snow just yet. Pretty much the perfect amount for our hike.
Monday I took the day off. Lindsey and I had planned to do a hike (Hanging Lake) but the weather was less than pleasant, so we just drove down to Glenwood to look at the pretty views of the canyon. We were lucky enough to see big horn sheep and some mule deer while out on our drive. After we drove the canyon, we decided to go up to Sylvan Lake and catch some more views. For those of you who don't know, I'm a little (or a lot, depending on who you talk to) squirmish on nasty roads...especially those covered in snow and ice. So, Sylvan Lake took every ounce of bravery I had (and maybe some I didn't have??), but we survived. We (aka Lindsey, the one who wasn't driving) got some beautiful pictures of the snow on the lake. The roads up at Sylvan Lake are a red dirt, which turns to mush when it's wet. Which means we slid down the mud worse than when we were on snow or ice. That was a bit freaky, and I did actually stop the car at one point and say OK, I have to take a deep breathe before I can continue driving. Monday's drives were followed by an awesome dinner (with Nicholas, Torrey and Alana) at The Rittenhouse Restaurant in Gypsum. Their Monday night special? $5 burgers with waffle fries and $2 drinks...what could be better than that??
Lindsey was dropped off at the airport this morning (it's fun getting up at 4 am!) with a few hugs and some good wishes. Apparently, it will be a good while before she tries the Denver-Eagle flights again (mountains cause turbulance...what else can I say??), which is fine...we can always drive the 2+ hours over 2 passes to go pick her up :-)
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Did the $2 drinks include cosmopolitans?!
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