Monday, December 29, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Work
I started working on Thursday Nov. 27 at the top of the Buckaroo Express lift (the beginner hill gondola on the far east side of the mountain). I work Thursday through Sunday and have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off to play! We are lucky to live almost right at the bottom of lift #15 (Lower Beaver Creek Express Lift) so we walk out of our apartment and load a lift to some of the best skiing on the mountain (in my opinion). Like the picture says, living here is "not exactly roughing it."
Beaver Creek
Here is my view every morning.
I am loving my job. Getting to learn about the mechanics of the lifts and talking to people every day has been awesome. The life of a liftie isn't the most exciting, but just being here on the hill makes it worth it.
We haven't had a really cold day yet, the weather has been very mild. It has been in the mid 40s almost every day and we haven't had snow since opening week. Hopefully we will get some this weekend, at least that's what the latest weather report is saying.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Opening Day and "Friends-giving"
November 26 was Beaver Creek's opening day. There was really great snow on the ground and I had a blast skiing.
That night a few of us who live here on the hall got together and had a Thanksgiving dinner. I cooked a bacon wrapped turkey and a few little sides. It was awesome to have a good meal for the holiday with new friends.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Had a great first full day of skiing today at Vail. It was snowing most of the day, giving us a little powder. The temperature at the top was right around 10°F with winds blowing really hard. It was a good day to be out there! I'm really excited for Beaver Creek's opening day on Wednesday!
Headed into Vail from the top of the mountain
Alex, Me, and Alex on the lift in Vail
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Our Apartment
Our Patio
We moved in on Monday to our apartment in Beaver Creek. We have a single bedroom, kitchen, living room, and bathroom. It's kind of small, but for just the two of us it will work for 6 months. We are still unpacking and finding space for everything.
Living Room
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Out of gas
Total Gas: 163.63 gallons
Avg Price: $2.82
Lowest Price: $2.52 (Varina, VA)
Highest Price: $3.59 (Golden, Co)
Total Miles Driven: 2,137 (give or take)
Miles Per Gallon: 13.05
Ran out of gas: Once (Arriba, Co)
Monday, November 10, 2014
Middle of nowhere
On Sunday we ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere just over the Colorado state line. The gas gauge apparently has been known to fault on 4runner's and ours read half-full when we stalled out. A quick tow to the next gas station, 18 gallons of fuel at $3.15, and 4 more hours of driving we were in the mountains! We made it to Beaver Creek this morning and have moved into our apartment. More updates and pictures to come.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Cooking over the fire
Last night we stayed in Knob Noster State Park in Missouri. We cooked some spareribs, corn and beans with bacon over the open fire. We woke up before sunrise and drove a short way to Wichita to stay with my good friends Casey and Duff. Tomorrow we hope to make it all the way to Denver.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Greetings from our cockpit
Last night was interesting, to say the least. We stopped off in a little town on the state line of Kentucky and Illinois named Metropolis, yes, exactly like the city Superman is from. In fact they had his statue in the center of town...
There were a couple guys who lived in the park camping next us. The local sheriff's office shows up and go over to investigate who was living there. We just sat by our perfect campfire and watched to see what would happen (nothing much, the sheriff left after he looked around a bit). We woke up to temperatures in the upper 20s and we had our first shower of the trip this morning. Headed through St. Louis today to the other side of Missouri.
Camp Night #2
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Our campsite
Little River
Slackline by the fire
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at 6:30am I leave. I'm all packed up and ready to start a 7 day road trip that will end in Avon, Colorado. Stay tuned for updates along the way.
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