After breakfast we headed to Keystone - as we knew they were running lifts and had lots of snow.
We were one of the first groups up the lifts to 11,500 feet for a bit of Ski Tubing. Ski Tubing is simple, put a child or adult in an inflated tyre inner tube and push him (or her) down a ski slope.
James and I took part. It was great fun - we had the whole place to ourselves for the first 30 minutes!
While James and I 'tubed' the girls and Jack played in the snow and flirted with the chairlift guys - Olivia in particular!
We then enjoyed a hot chocolate as we watched snow boarders do their thing. It was quite sureal sitting at 11,500 feet in deep snow with glorious sunshine and blue sky. It was warm in the sun - but pretty chilly in the shade.
We spent most of today in Keystone just chilling - and then drove higher up the Mountain and over the Loveland Pass at some 11,990 feet. I jumped up so I think I just got to 12,000 feet. It was freezing but beautiful. The road was clear but the snow was piled up at the sides of the road, at times over 20 feet above us....and often leaning towards the road so that you almost drove under a snow over-hang as you went over the mountain.
Next we headed down to Boulder - our stop for 2-3 days. Boulder is a chilled out city - close to Denver but importantly close to the Mountains. It has a young, vibrant feel and we have just spent a very pleasant evening enjoying the Memorial weekened events and wandering the streets. We like Boulder and we REALLY like Colarado.
Ken
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