Poudre Canyon

March 18-20, 2011

This trip started out rocky.  The cabin we were supposed to stay in at State Forest State Park was completely buried in the snow.  We were not aware that the roads would not be plowed in the winter, so we had to make a quick change of plans.

We drove back down to lower elevation in Poudre Canyon and found this little cabin available.  It actually worked out better.  We were on a mission to see a moose and kept hearing that State Forest State Park was the best place in Colorado to spot one.  We must have drove up and down Cameron Pass 5 or 6 times, not to mention we drove all the way to Walden.

Finally, we had given up and driving back to the cabin I glanced towards the river and there he was.  We finally got to see a moose!  They are interesting creatures, so cool to look at.  Mission accomplished!

Breckenridge, Frisco, & Keystone - Skiing

February 18-21, 2011

Well, we tried skiing back in February.  It went about how I thought it would, but the good news is I came home without any broken bones.  Breckenridge, Frisco, and Keystone are all really neat little towns.  Skiing is the main attraction, obviously, but we managed to find plenty of other things to keep us occupied.

Rich Skiing

Angie Skiing

First we tried skiing.  We took the all day lessons offered through Breckenridge.  Skiing is NOT a cheap sport, but I will admit that I enjoyed it for the first 3-4 hours.  Beyond that it hurts, and I was cold, and I fell off the lift.
This is me pretending to fall, which I actually ended up doing several times along the way.  Luckily, Rich didn't have the camera. Rich did much better than I did.  It was a good day though and I'm glad I can say we tried it!

Rich Snowshoeing

Dad Snowshoeing

 Rather than skiing again we found a snowshoe trail.  The Keystone Nordic Center has well maintained trails and it was really easy.  The scenery around there along the way was amazing!!!

     

 
So skiing and snowshoeing are fun, but the best thing you can ever try in the snow is tubing!  Frisco has an adventure park and we had a blast!  It's a little pricey to tube for an hour, but there is a belt that takes you back up the hill, so you get more time on the hill.  This was the most fun I've ever had playing in the snow!!!

Recommendation - The more tubes you can tie together the faster you will go down that hill.  We really got moving!!!

Dad, Rich, and I all going down together.  We went FAST!!!