Sabbatical Ski Adventure

After a few more Fifty Ski videos it was time for night night time around 10 p.m.  4:45 both of us stirred and started the day.  We have an 1 hour plus trip to Telluride, so planning to leave at 7:00 a.m. with the slopes opening at 9:00 a.m. At 6:00 a.m. another Hampton Breakfast.  Western Omelets and Sausage with  up of coffee and Gatorade.  Added a waffle and Drake his morning bagel. 6:40 a.m. departure trip to Telluride was good with cloudy conditions.  About 15 degrees colder than Taos, but not bad in the 30s at the base.  Tomorrow an earlier start as snow coming in early Friday am. View entering Telluride is like so much of CO, just something pictures dont capture. We parked in the free lot next to lift and had a short wait to start the day.  Downtown Telluride is like so many ski towns, but like Ouray tucked into the back of a valley with awesome views. Skiing conditions were good and with snow coming going to get better.  T...

Good night sleep!!  A partly cloudy day ahead for our Travel Day to Cortez, CO where we plan to base for Telluride.  After a quick discussion we opted to skip the morning ski option for the ability to do some scenic driving.  A couple of observations a out Taos.  Very rustic and in many ways like a border town on the mexican side.  The economy must be tough.  The Hampton was ok, but really run down.  Would not stay there again.  Maybe by the mountain as some newer places were available. Why Cortez you may ask for this next leg of the trip.  The cost to stay local in Telluride was over the top so opted to suffer the extra drive time each day.  The plan is after or second day of skiing we will head to Grand Junction instead of Cortez.  The next travel day is to Salt Lake City to meet up with the family members joining us. The drive was an awesome trek with only one spill for Jeff.  The cap to the protein drink dribbled down the f...