Ski Vacation

Robb and I got to take our annual Vacation without the kids to Colorado. We went the weekend before Easter. This is a lot later in the year than we usually go, not to mention this year has been very unseasonably warm for March. It was nice not having to worry about driving there in a blizzard but the ski conditions weren't great either.
On Friday, we drove all day and got to Colorado around 5. We had to hit up my favorite outlet malls before heading over to our friends house. Robb was quite the shopping trooper as I drug him to store after store. I got a lot of great deals and some really cute clothes and shoes for the whole family. After Robb was done shopping for the night we headed to our friends Mark and Emily's house. It is always nice to see them!
In the morning we headed to the mountain to do some skiing and snowboarding. By the time we picked up my rental equipment and got all our gear together we ended up getting a late start, but we still had fun. I have never skied when it was so nice out. We wore sunglasses instead of goggles, no gloves and we could have done it without coats. Some of the spring breakers even thought it was nice enough to ski in bikinis. It was beautiful out but the ski conditions weren't so good. There were a lot of patches of dirt and rock and the snow they did have was pretty slushy. It took me a while to get used to skiing in it and it involved more falls than I have had in all the years combined of skiing. Oh well at least the slush made for a soft landing.
The next day was about the same conditions but we got an earlier start and had a great day on the mountain.
Day 3 of skiing was not as good. It finally got cold out and we got a little snow but mainly all it did was freeze the slush that we had been skiing on for 2 days. Now the nice soft ground was hard as a rock! Emily and I gave it a good try even though we were tired and sore to start with but after each taking a pretty good tumble in the first couple of runs we called it quits for the day. The boys of course were still going strong so we let them finish out the day while we shopped in Breckenridge.
It was a great vacation and we had a great time seeing friends we don't see often enough. I really missed the kids but I must admit it was really nice to have a break too. We got to do a lot of shopping, ate at some really fun places and it was nice to eat my meal while it was hot and to have adult conversation. This year was probably the last year of our Colorado Vacation. Next year we are planning on taking the kiddos and teaching them to love the mountains as much as we do. It makes me a little sad to be giving up our couples vacation but it will be fun as a Colorado Trip too. Now maybe I can talk Robb into taking me somewhere tropical for a Vacation!