Copper Mountain (Day 4 of 6)

Adam, Derek, and me during our lunch break



Helen makes her way in the shadow of the snow covered trees

Derek shows us how to stay warm

Helen, Derek, and Adam make their way down to the Timberline Express lift

Derek tries to get back into his ski's after getting stuck while riding through the trees

Derek says he's never skiing again after getting stuck!

The weather finally started to clear - offering a beautiful backdrop to the skating rink

Adam and Helen pose in front of some shops in the village

Center Village and a view of our condo building in the background on the left

Adam loved this hot chocolate drink at JJ's

Me and Derek pulling our tubes at the tubing park

Me about to get sent down the hill

Adam arrives at the top of the hill via the magic carpet

Adam and Derek are ready to ride

Adam and Derek check out a snow fort at the tubing park

Sunday February 14, 2010

There was more fresh snow Sunday morning, Valentines Day. I met up with my friend, Dave, his friend, John, Dave's dad (who is 75!) and Dave's sister for some early morning skiing. Skiing on the fresh powder was a blast! I did have one good wipeout. Once I knew I was going over, I tucked and rolled. I popped up with snow all over me and it took me a couple minutes to find one of my ski's. But the powder was nice and fluffy so no worries.

I met up with Helen and the kids at the bottom of the mountain at 10. They weren't so sure about skiing in all the powder. It's different than skiing on nice groomed trails. We skied some and then Adam started complaining that his stomach hurt. We broke for lunch hoping he would feel better. He did, but still wanted to go back to the condo with Helen. I think he wanted some alone time with Mommy. We talked him into skiing some more and then when we said that he could go back with Helen he said he wanted the whole family to go. We told him we weren't ready to go yet so he stayed.

We had fun skiing through the trees again. Derek and Adam both got stuck good towards the end of the day. Adam managed to wriggle free fairly quickly, but Derek was stuck for a good while and didn't appreciate me taking pictures and video of his effort to right himself. By the time he got down to the lift he said he didn't want to ski anymore, but we persuaded him to keep going.

After skiing we went to see about reserving a time slot at the tubing park. We decided to reserve a spot for that night. Even though we were beat, it seemed like the best option. We opted not to go back to the condo for fear of not having the energy to go back out. We headed to the East Village where the tubing park was located and had a nice dinner at a place called JJ''s. We finished dinner a little early and would have had to wait an hour for our tubing reservation, but the tubing park let us go an hour early.

It was kind of neat tubing under the lights. There were 5 runs of varying speeds and one of the runs had a big jump that sent you flying. That seemed to be everyone's favorite. We did various combinations of pairing up and riding single. We were tired, it was cold, and we were fat, happy, and warm after our dinner but we had a good time. Where do kids get all that energy? We took a bus back to our condo and crashed.