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Reliving the 2010 Aspen/Snowmass Trip

It was amazing how helpful all the personnel at the condos, the ski rental shops, the shuttles, the restaurants, and the slopes were.  The shuttles were available on a moment’s notice and drove one or many of us at a time to shopping areas, ski shuttle stations, and anywhere else we wanted to go!  Kathy, Karen, Nadine, and Mary Jane found wonderful deals at Aspen resale shops…that leather coat was beautiful, Nadine, and Kathy, you should have bought those $34,000 cowboy boots (they were barely worn) and $600 fur lined reversible ski outfit that were just your style!

Thanks to Heike, Marty, the Evans and Zanns, their condo mates, and other group members, the trip was a social success. We had planned meeting places for lunch and some dinners.  Marty organized an outing to the Woody Tavern located in the wilds for wonderful food and ambiance. We gathered at some of the condos for happy hours and at local restaurants.  We celebrated birthdays (Bruce, Nadine, Barb, Marty, etc) with cakes, and the tour and condo operators sponsored a wine and cheese night. And, to our delight, the annual Winterscol took place on the last weekend, and group members participated in the Snowmass Pub Crawl and the Aspen Soupscol.  Imagine, 3,000+ plus people tasting 28 different kinds of soup ladled out to everyone in the roped off streets of Aspen to determine the winning soup of the annual event! Last but not least, the nightly hot tub gatherings soothed sore muscles in preparation for another day on the slopes!  The group enjoyed every gathering and were very compatible whether skiing or partying.

Departure day came much too fast, and most of us did not want to return to the world of work and daily Dayton life!  We arrived in Dayton late that evening, safe and sound and minus a few of our pieces of luggage.  I guess we were too heavy for the plane so they had to choose between transporting people or luggage home, and the people won!  The late luggage was delivered the next day, and everyone agreed that we had a great time and can’t wait for the next ski trip!