First day on the slopes.

Jamie and I are spending a long weekend in Colorado with her mother
and step-father, as well as two good friends of ours, Aaron and Mary
Mckay. I promised my niece Meredith that I would blog everyday while
we were out here so she could keep up with the trip. So here you go
Meredith!

Today was our first day skiing and at the end of the afternoon I
convinced Jamie and Aaron to make one last run down Longshot. I
blogged about this a few weeks ago, so if you saw that you might
remember that Longshot is a run, just on the edge of the mountain at
Snowmass. It run from the top of the mountain all the way to the
bottom. An elevation of over 11,000 feet. The kicker is that you
have to hike up the mountain about 300 yards just to get to the start
of the run, and once you're on it, there's no getting off.

We were all pretty worn out by the time we got to the top, and Jamie
and Aaron were about ready to kick me, but they did great and we all
made it down. Here are a few pics. Hope you like them Meredith!

It wasn't really dark, but it sure seemed that way as we were walking the 300 yards uphill to the top of Longshot.

My beautiful wife Jamie taking a break while we caught our breath before heading down the slope.

My buddy Aaron catching his breath as well.

Me and Jamie trying to work up the energy to get started.

Aaron trying to decide if we're still gonna be friends when this is all over.