We had a great day with the Larson family. The Segway tour took us all around downtown Cincinnati. It lasted for over two hours. I definitely this tour. The guides are great, riding is easy, great education about the Queen city.
2013 – United Methodist Church Choir Challenge
Here are some pictures from this weekend’s choir challenge. It was actually very interesting. The New Horizon’s team (in red robes) were amazing. One team had only been singing together for 30 days. Our team was wearing all blue and was by far the largest group. Can you find Nathan? Hint: he’s wearing blue.
Jorden was great through the event but got bored near the end. He and I went outside for some fresh air.
Heather’s Wedding
Our family got together in Estero Florida for Heather Dwyer’s wedding. It was great to see everyone. Especially Aunt Barb, the Dwyer brothers, all the cousins and my brothers and sisters.
The weather was beautiful for Heather’s special day. We got to play golf and hang out by the pool. It was a short but very fun weekend. Some highlights:
- Lynn went down early to spend some time with her parents.
- Avis gave me an orange Chevrolet Camero SS. It was an incredibly fast car.
- Carin arranged for us to stay at the Hyatt Coconut Point. It is a beautiful hotel.
- I got to play golf with my Dad and Lynn’s Dad at Raptor Bay. The Dads had a serious “Urban Look” when they got onto the course. My Dad had the brown shoes and long, baggy clothes. Lynn’s Dad had a ball cap with the stickers and dark socks. Hilarious!!
- Lynn’s Dad performed the service. That was very special for us.
It was a great weekend!
Nathan and Lucee Grow Up
Great shots of Nathan and Lucee over time. At first, seeing the big changes in Lucee is cool. You’ll then focus your attention to Nathan; that’s amazing.
Lots of fun.
New Dining Room Paint
So I painted the dining room. Lynn warned me to hire out this job but I wouldn’t listen.
The dining room has a chair-rail. Below the chair-rail are 12 framed boxes created using strips of moulding. Cutting in those boxes was pure torture. My guess is it took me a total of 14 hours to completely paint just that one room. Of that time, 95% was trim work. If you need a steady hand to cut-in a room, I’m your man.
In the end, I think it came out nicely but wow what a lot of work.
Colorado Day 2
Another great day in Colorado. We went to Breckinridge today.
It was crazy crowded but we finally found a place (Peak 10) where we liked to ride and the lines weren’t as long.
Colorado Day 1
What a great day. The weather was clear and 30. We got out to the slopes early and rode all day.
Allison’s boyfriend (now mine and Nathan’s too) gave us the grand tour of Keystone. His buddy got us discounted passes too. Thanks Kerry!!
We took a snow cat up to the top Keystone. That was very interesting. The view from the top was spectacular. The ride down was challenging because the snow was powder with a crunchy top layer. It made carving with a snowboard complicated for me.
Mary’s Mountain House is great. It’s very close to the slopes and very, very comfortable. I could get used to this way of life.
I was really worried about altitude sickness but it didn’t really bother me at all. I guess the conditioning and preparation worked as planned. I still got winded at times but no headaches.
Colorado Ski Resorts
I did some research today and found the following places.
| Colorado Ski Resorts | |||||||||
| Resort | Top | Base | Drop | Longest Run | Acres | Ticket $ | Dist | terrain parks | |
| Winter Park | 10700 | 9000 | 1700 | 2m | 89 | 57 m | 6 | ||
| Loveland | 13010 | 10800 | 2210 | 2m | 1800 | 61 | 12 m | 1 | |
| Beaver Creek | 11440 | 8100 | 3340 | 2.75m | 1832 | 129 | 40 m | 3 | |
| Keystone | 12408 | 9280 | 3128 | 3.5m | 3148 | 119 | 13 m | 3 | |
| Vail | 11570 | 8120 | 3450 | 4m | 5289 | 129 | 36 m | 3 | |
| Breckenridge | 12998 | 9600 | 3398 | 3.5m | 2358 | 115 | 26 m | 5 | |
| Copper Mountain |
12313 | 9712 | 2601 | 1.7m | 2465 | 33 m | 3 | ||
| Aspen/Snowmass | 131 m | ||||||||
| Steamboat | 87m | ||||||||
| Silverton | 297 m | ||||||||