Crested Butte

This weekend we enjoyed one of my gifts to Melissa for Christmas ... a ski weekend in Crested Butte, CO. I've been here a couple times before, but it was Melissa's first visit. A 5.5 hour drive from Denver (well worth it for no traffic and no lines at the lifts, unlike Summit County and Vail). We stayed Friday night through Sunday. On Saturday we skied as it snowed all day, then Sunday we took a 4 mile snowshoe on the road to Gothic (closed in the winter, goes to Aspen in the Summer). We enjoyed the local shops and restaurants in town and even got in a couple more Breweries on the way (Gunnison Brewery and Amica's Brewery). The drive home was a bit longer due to an hour long road closure on 285 as the snow blew across the plains and iced up the road. Four vehicles had flipped in the icy conditions. We made it across slowly and in one piece.


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Taylor Wedding in Vail

Eric Taylor, an old roommate from Breckenridge and fellow employee from the Summit Daily News, got married in Vail to Stephanie Feldhaus. We attended the ceremony at the Vail Interfaith Chapel in the center of Vail Village and then the reception at the Eagle/Vail Pavilion just down valley. There was a light snow during the ceremony and some great BBQ and drinks at the reception. All the best to Eric and Steph in their future life together!!

You can view their wedding web site HERE


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Mountain Wine Tasting

We decided to spend the weekend in Keystone and bring along a bunch of wine to taste for our wedding. Each person brought along a white and a red under $15. We cooked up a great dinner and tasted all the wines, judging each as we went along. We found a few winners and will try them again over the next few months. On Saturday we took some runs at Breckenridge, then went for a hike out behind the condo on Sunday.


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Vail Powder Day!

A great day at Vail. 9 inches new reported, but there was much more than that in the back bowls!! Knee to waist deep in areas. Melissa disappeared a few times. Should have brought our snorkels. Great day!!


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Happy Holidays!!

Talk about an adventure!

Erich and Julia headed to Nepal for their honeymoon and climbed to Everest Base Camp! You can check out some amazing photos from their trip at Erich's blog HERE.

Oatmeal Wheat Stout

On Sunday we brewed up some Oatmeal Wheat Stout at Erich's house. We made a 10+ gallon batch of all grain. Erich put half in his fermenter and we put half in ours to take home. Erich is planning on experimenting with a gallon of it when he switches to the secondary. He'll try adding some coffee to it and see how it tastes. Should be good. Looking forward to a creamy dark stout with some great flavor and color!

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