The trip before The Trip

I went on a great ski trip with the family and Eric to Steamboat.  Steamboat is great little town, probably better than most other ski towns due to the fact that it was there long before skiing arrived.  It snowed a couple of times and got really cold.  Actually, the coldest day was the day we went snowmobiling.  The machines had hand and foot warmers built-in, but what they desperately needed were butt warmers!

In any event, we had a really sweet time.  I skied all 3 chutes, and got to feed the birds. :-D

The only part that really sucked was watching Eric, who's still just learning to ski, injure himself on Shadows.
Hopefully he gets better.

One big, short week lies ahead of me.  I need to pick up my passport from the Chinese Consulate in NYC, pick up the rest of my gear, see the dentist, even buy some good travel shorts.  The countdown to Friday has begun!