Winter Vacation Round Two took place in Snowmass and Aspen, Colorado. Just like last year, Dad favored Angus’s friends. He did, at least, allow my friend Morgan to drop us off at the airport where I was able to snap one vacation photo and pretend like she was coming with me. Anyways, bitterness aside, my family was accompanied this winter vacation by Alex Loud, Luke Haddock, and Carl Johnsen. Unfortunately, dear Chris tore his ACL last minute and wasn’t able to come. On the plane we ran into friends from home. Actually, we were sitting right in front of them. What are the odds? Anyways, we arrived in Boulder, CO in time to see the most beautiful sunrise at the airport. We then drove four hours in a rental car to our family friend’s house in Snowmass. No matter how awful its mileage, it will never be easy to fit five snowboards and one pair of skis into one, giant SUV. Being outnumbered in gender and unfortunately, the youngest, I sat crammed in the back with the luggage actually on top of me. It was a long, exhausting trip. When we finally arrived at the house, we all proceeded to pass out immediately.
As expected, Bert made sure we crammed as much snowboarding into one week as humanly possible. Every morning we woke up, ate breakfast, waxed, and headed to the mountain. We spent one day at Snowmass, one day at Aspen, one day at Aspen Highlands and one day at Buttermilk, home of the X-games. Gordon was our tour guide for the week. It was his family with whom we were staying and let me tell you, Gordo may be fifty, but he can still rip. We shred hard everyday from open to close doing the usual: dropping cliffs, hiking, hitting the terrain park, and taking pictures.
On the final day of our vacation we forced Bert to let us take a break from snowboarding. We went to the local hot springs for a relaxing soak.
Thanks Mom and Dad.
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