Sunday in Keystone--Rise and Shine / High Stress...high altitude

After our wonderful day in Breckenridge with Amy, it was time for her to head back to SA. This thin air is for the birds! Nathan and I got up around 4am to take Mike and Amy to the Denver airport. The snow was still falling. The roads were still playing "hide and seek" but we managed to get our sweet friends to the airport in time for their flight. It took about 2 hours to get there but it was a nice drive. I was sad to have them go home early but I'm thankful for the time we had together.

The sun started to come up and the drive back to Keystone was nice. Great scenery! I didn't see it the first time in on Friday morming b/c I was driving. Here are some shots from the car...

This is closer to Keystone. Higher and colder and more snow than in Denver.

We got back to the condo and got ready for the day. Jo went skiing with Seth.

Keene still had a hurt wrist so we took him to the medical center. We dropped him off at 10:30 am and we were going to meet up with him in time for our 2:30 reservation for snow mobiling. Well, time was quickly passing by. We took a lot of pictures of skiers. Called and checked on Keene. Went to the condo to run a few errends. Called and checked on Keene. Used our condo sleds to do a little sledding outside our front door to pass some time. Called and checked on Keene, again. Finally at 2pm we got in the car to pick up Keene ready or not. We were gonna be late! We called the Snow Mobile folks and got NO sympathy from them. They told us that we would be left and we would not get our money back. I went in and got Keene and his broken wrist. We left the clinic at 2:25 and had 5 minutes to make a 20 minute drive. It was a quiet and stressful ride into Frisco. We made it there JUST in time but poor Keene wasn't able to join us for the snow mobiling tour b/c of his fractured wrist. The shuttle offered to take him back to the condo so he could rest.

Nathan and I got back into our car and drove about 45 minutes into the mountains. Our tour would take place in Leadville. We finally made it and went inside the base camp to get our gear on. We were layered up like nobody's business! We had our ski clothes on. We had our goggles, ear bands, coats, gloves, etc. They let us borrow boots and helmets.

We went outside with our group for the demonstration/ training session. Our tour guide was great. I chose not to drive my own. I rode with Nathan and I'm so glad I did. I would have wrecked in the first 5 minutes. The tour was about 2 1/2 hours. It was awesome! We were in the thick of the mountains on some really cool trails. Lots of steep hills and sharp turns. We almost flipped once but Nathan didn't lose control. Yes, I was screaming.

Wow, was that fun! Nathan and I had a blast! It was 3 degrees once we got back down to the car. I have no idea how cold it was UP in the mountain. It was freezing, though!

We went back to the condo and made dinner. Mike's friend Seth joined us again and stayed around to play Cranium. Here's a pic of him and Jo doing a puppet/ charade question....

It was a fun last night.