Last day, best day!

Twinkies!

While it wasn’t sunny all day it was sunny most of the day and we were happy! There was still plenty of fresh powder…

A little bit of sunshine really does make ALL the difference!

When we stopped for lunch early, Samantha walked into some snow that hadn’t been touched since the day before. Look how deep in just one night!

Up to her knees!

I do love all the quality time we get to spend together on these ski trips! Lots of time with my favorite silly peeps!

We did one more run through the back bowls after lunch…

We all enjoyed the pretty afternoon weather and went out on a high note!

Can’t beat it!

We flew home the next day – a few hours delayed but worn out and happy!

Another successful spring break in the books! Where are we going next year?

Tuesday started with a little more sunshine than we had the day before so things were looking good!

Temps were still really REALLY cold but a little sunshine goes a long way!

Everyone appreciates the lunch break always.

Post lunch and sun still shining!

We skied the back bowls which were really cool – but also hard to see as the clouds starting moving in and visibility got lower. Everything was just white and it was difficult to tell changes in terrain!

By afternoon we got on a lift and literally watched the storm move in while we rode up the mountain.

By the time we got to the top you could barely see the chair in front of us…

and it was another white out even scarier than yesterday!

We made our way inside for a hot chocolate break at that point! Thankfully the rest of the day wasn’t quite as snowy and we made our way back down to the mountain cold, tired and happy! We all had prime rib that night at the Lancelot Inn and were ready for out last day on the mountain!

The temps for Monday were looking downright frigid so we all covered our faces, got our hand warmers ready, and made our way out!

We got to the top of the mountain and it was COLD and GRAY! It had snowed all night and there was so much fresh powder. It was awesome and miserable all at once! ha!

It also snowed on us almost all day long! Any skin showing was a goner…not sure how Robert is braving it here!

The moguls on the blacks are even harder with so much fresh powder. We all attempted a few and some made it down better than others (meaning Maxwell flew down every one and I was lucky to get down without falling!). I think Samantha took a tumble here…

but there were others she mastered with no issue!

Freezing but fun!!

Not so fun? a white out! Scary and thankfully didn’t last very long.

Despite the conditions, we skied all day from 8am to 4pm and never slowed down! Love my adventurous crew!! We more than earned this after the long, cold day…

Ready for day 3!

We were ready to hit the slopes on Sunday morning and had an instructor take us around the mountain all day. Her name was Liz and she was great – helped us all get our ski legs back and learn to navigate the (very large!) mountains of Vail.

Lunch break is always welcome!

By 4:00 we were tired and happy after a full day of skiing!

It was a fantastic first day – we had temps in the 40s and blue skies most of the day. Just perfect!

Ready for day 2 on the slopes!