Tuesday, February 03, 2009

In-sync days off!! Finally!!

SO, Mark and I finally had a day off together and guess what we did.....we went backcountry skiing!
We had friends staying in the Gothic hut near our house who invited us to come and spend the night and ski with them. We left promptly at 5:30 pm after work and had a wonderful 3.5 mile ski into the hut in the moonlight. It was quite a surprise to everyone at that point because they figured that we were not coming. The night was spent helping the crew that had been there for 3 days finish their food and drink so they did not have to carry it out. We did a good job of that! We spent time with Jessie, Liz's Boulder roommate (she introduced Mark and I), and met other great people. We crashed that night in a pretty posh "hut" if you could call it that! Normally the huts we have been to in the past have only a wood burning stove, no running water. This place had a stove, microwave (gasp!), in floor heat and a shower. It still had an out house, sorry no heated seat!
This morning we skied out and hiked up Snodgrass mountain for some fresh powder turns. It was great! It was a refreshing little get away. Now back to work tomorrow. Here are a few photos! More can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12032&l=6971d&id=1528307561 Let us know if the link doesn't work. Love you all!