Ski Trip 2010

This past weekend was the Second Annual Richards and Friends Ski Trip! The first one was held at Breckenridge, but this year's was at Winter Park since that's where we have ski passes to this year :). Travis organized the whole thing; renting out a nice big house, getting people in and out of town, and food plans. We had 17 people staying at the house near Winter Park (it was at capacity!). Several of our friends from the Denver area joined us, including Jamie & Neely, Dani & Jerad, Berkeley & Jay, and Dave & Joan. The out-of-towners who made it were Chad, Aaron, Brad, Zack & Victoria, and Lindsey & Clint. It was SO much fun to get to hang out with everyone AND be able to ski the fresh snow without worrying about traffic. After a couple of dry months, we finally got some snow up there!

Dani helped me ski through some trees with lots of powder in them. I did well at first, but then I lost momentum. That was the end. Every time I got myself standing on my skis on top of the snow, I would fall into the powder again. At one point I even left my ski pole about 10 feet out of reach and had to work my way back up to it. It was exhausting! Great workout, though.

Here's me after I managed to get out of the trees:



and a view of where I had come from:



It was fun! Dani was very, very patient. The ski trip was a great success this year. We'll continue to organize it - even when we migrate back to Texas!