February 2001 Archives

A couple of things about Breckenridge:

The local shuttles are awesome - all around town, to the City Market and even to Keystone for free. The Resort Express shuttle from the airport is worth the money as well, especially in the snowy road conditions we experienced.

Main St. is picturesque, even if every single building has a store or more. But how many T-shirt shops does a town really need?

Where is the hot chocolate? We searched far and wide and couldn't find ingredients to make good hot chocolate. Sorry, but if the instructions say to "mix contents with hot " than it ain't propper hot chocolate! Hello, hot chocolate needs milk, no white powder but the real, thick, white cow juice. Sheesh, next time I'm bringing my Ghirardelli with me.

I'm back in Austin and wish I was still playing in the snow. Skiing was ! We arrived at Breckenridge in the middle of gray and snowy weather but the next morning there was blue sky and sun shine and it stayed like this most of the week. On the last day of skiing it began to snow again, but by that time we knew the slopes and our limitations (and capabilities). This was probably the best skiing I've had the luck to experience.

I got to ski in Breckenridge, Vail and Keystone (at night). I got to ski in powder, freshly groomed snow and on some icy patches. I got to do some mogules. I wiped out a couple of times at low and no speed (and Jennifer didn't). I now know what 18F @ 35MPH wind feels like.

I'm trying to finish all my crap and get out of work. I was here 'til 1 last night and I don't want to miss West Wing.

It should be worth it, though, according the the WeatherChannel, there is powder at Breckenridge so the skiing should be great!