Phil driving to Colorado Monday morning |
Mark, Teri and Mary
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Condo master bedroom |
Condo hallway and work area |
Second bedroom with bunk beds |
Condo living room
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Monday afternoon view from the condo |
Condo dining area |
Condo entertainment area |
Condo kitchen |
Icicles outside the condo window
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Mark on the bunk bed |
Food at the condo |
Mark and Teri preparing dinner |
Mark preparing breakfast Tuesday morning |
Joe, Pat and Brian |
Mark with the frying pan |
Phil, Joe, Pat and Brian
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Phil, Mary, Mark and Kim ready to ski |
Phil, Teri, Mark, Mary and Kim |
Phil, Mary, Teri and Kim |
Pat and Brian on Tuesday morning
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Pat, Brian, Phil, Mary, Mark and Kim |
Teri with Pat, Brian, Phil, Mary, Mark and Kim |
Pat, Brian, Phil, Mark, Mary, Teri and Kim |
Snowy Tuesday morning on the lift
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Phil, Brian and Teri on the lift |
Mary near the woods |
Joe resting |
Teri on Tuesday afternoon
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Brian, Teri and Joe |
Brian, Joe and Mary |
Teri, Brian, Joe and Mary |
Long traverse
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View near the valley |
Thin trees |
Debbie and Pebbles |
Pebbles, Debbie, Billy, Jordyn and Ellen
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Jordyn, Ellen, Pebbles and Brian |
Jordyn and Ellen on the lift |
Tuesday afternoon woods view |
Cloudy valley view
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Tuesday afternoon $25 soup and beer |
Mary on a snowy bench |
Snowy Tuesday afternoon at the base |
Joe, Mary and Phil |
Teri and Phil on Tuesday afternoon |
Joe and Phil |
Teri and Mary on a snowy bench |
Phil at day's end
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Joe at day's end |
Teri and Mary closeup
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Joe and Mary on the bench |
Preparing Wednesday morning breakfast |
Breakfast in the condo |
Kim on Wednesday morning |
Pat, Mark, Phil, Mary, Joe, Kim and Brian |
Teri, Pat, Mark, Phil, Mary, Joe, Kim and
Brian
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Pat, Teri, Joe, Phil, Mark, Billy, Kim and Brian |
Ellen's photo stop
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\At the top of the lift Wednesday morning |
Descending a steep slope |
Tricky stuff |
Wide open slope
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Greetings |
Lunchtime gathering |
Mary and Brian at lunch |
Joe at lunch |
Phil and Pat at lunch |
Phil checking his equipment |
Teri at lunch |
Snowy Wednesday afternoon view from the condo
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Colorful birds, part 1 |
Colorful birds, part 2
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Rare bird in the woods |
Antique sign in the condo
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Skiing advice |
Another antique sign |
Pleasant Wednesday afternoon view |
Snowy pine tree closeup |
Hernando's pizza pub |
Mary, Billy, Pebbles and Ellen at the club
welcome party
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Club welcome
party, part 2 |
Billy, Pebbles and Debbie |
Pat and Phil |
Welcome party, part 3
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Welcome party, part 4 |
Mark, Pebbles, Billy and Debbie |
Welcome party, part 5 |
Welcome party discussions
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Mark, Billy, Ellen, Pebbles, Debbie and Mary |
Brian, Joe, Kim and Pat relaxing after dinner |
Thursday morning breakfast casserole |
Teri on Thursday morning
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Mary and Mark |
Joe and Debbie |
Thursday morning view near the condos |
Mark on Thursday morning
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Joe on Thursday morning |
Phil on Thursday morning |
Near the top of the mountain |
Rest stop
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Sun and snowy trees on Thursday morning |
Teri and Kim near the top |
Mary, Kim and Joe |
View under the lift
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Mark's photo stop |
Lots of snow on the trees |
Billy, Pebbles, Jordyn and Ellen on the lift |
Jordyn and Ellen near the snowy trees
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Jordyn's photo stop |
Pebbles photo stop |
Jordyn, Ellen and Pebbles on a sunny lift |
Pebbles on a long traverse
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Sun, trees, snow and clouds |
Gathering near the summit |
Mark on the lift |
Phil on the lift
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Quiet Thursday morning landscape |
Teri and Mark on the lift |
Wide easy trail |
Open glade
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Snowy forest |
Straight traverse |
Skiing down the traverse |
Impressive view
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Kim and Mary on the lift |
Clouds over the mountains |
Trail signs along the ridge |
Mary Jane
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Mary waiting for the shuttle bus later Thursday |
More trail signs |
Heavy snow on the trees |
Sun and clouds
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Downhill view |
Skiing through the trees |
Kim, Mary, Joe, Teri and Mark |
Phil, Teri and Mark on the lift
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Back at the base on Thursday afternoon |
Base area |
Pebbles, Ellen and Jordyn at the base |
View from the condo Thursday evening
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Ellen, Jordyn and Pebbles at night |
Phil and Teri making breakfast Friday morning |
Mark making breakfast |
Friday morning breakfast pastry
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Joe, Phil, Billy, Kim and Brian |
Phil, Billy, Teri and Brian on Friday morning |
Friday morning snow around the condos |
Mark and Joe at the base
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Mark at the base Friday morning |
Phil at the base Friday morning |
Mark near the woods |
No crowds
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Joe's photo stop |
Phil and Teri on Friday morning |
Phil at Friday lunch stop |
Joe at Friday lunch stop
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Joe, Phil and Kim |
Joe resting on a wide run |
Kim's photo stop |
Joe and Phil on a wide run
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Unfrozen creek in deep snow, part 1 |
Unfrozen creek in deep snow, part 2 |
Unfrozen creek closeup |
Under the parking lot gondola
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Ski area shuttle bus stop |
Joe and Phil waiting for the bus |
Kim and Phil at the hot tubs late Friday
afternoon |
Swimming pool. part 1
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Swimming pool, part 2 |
Hot tub closeup |
Packing up on Saturday morning |
Lots of stuff to load up
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Mark loading up |
Phil loading the car |
Snowy condo parking lot |
Leaving the condos
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Phil, Mark, Mary and Teri on the way back home |
Foggy mountains |
Winter Park exit |
Snowy road to Berthoud Pass
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Approaching the pass |
Pass traffic |
Sun breaking through the clouds |
Slowly clearing skies
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Patchy fog near the pass |
Avalanche area |
On the way back in the Colorado mountains |
Going east on I-70
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Almost out of the mountains |
Last big downhill |
Sparse vegetation in the Colorado foothills |
Approaching Denver
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Leaving the foothills |
Passing through Denver |
Snow in northeastern Colorado |
Wrecked semi
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Approaching the Nebraska state line |
Desolate landscape |
Wave clouds in western Nebraska |
Kearney Arch over eastbound I-80
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Mark, Phil, Mary and Teri almost home |
Eastern Nebraska sunset |