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Departing the Vail Valley led us to the entrance to the Aspen Valley, with a slight detour to the left in a town called Eagle. Soaring with eagles, breaking new trails, and pushing the limits, is in my comfort zone. One past experiance encompasing all of the post three was a solo overnight windsurf trip that I did [...]

The ocean attracts many for numerous reasons. Was it our original birthplace as humans? The mysterys of her depth? Maybe there are secret wonders that trigger our sub-consious? The fear of storms, creatures, or of the inability to breath underwater? Of course many delight in and around the ocean as a playground, whether a walk along the beach, [...]

On New Year’s Eve day in 1988 or 89, I was one of the first Haole’s{caucasians} to join in a peaceful protest on Maui of the proposed building of the the Ritz Carlton in Kapalua, Maui. This Hawaiian Kanaka{Hawaiian bloodline} organized event attracted pure blooded Hawaiian’s from all over Hawaii. Why? The Ritz Carlton Kapalua [...]

75 years is the average age that most Americans will live and that also equates to 900 months. That is also how old Loveland Ski Resort is, on the east side of the Loveland Tunnel. In the early days of skiing, wooden skis and leather bindings were the norm. Now heated boots and gloves are [...]

A stones throw away from I-70 at Silverthorne is Keystone Ski Resort. I had tried to contact them and had no success, so I ended up buying a twilight ticket that runs from 2pm to 8pm. Keystone is busy, real busy, and there are many good skiers there, as the mountain is loaded with black [...]

MauiSkiBus made it from Avon, CO. to Copper Mountain over the Vail Pass, 10,622 feet high on Christmas Day. A speeding ticket was not even a concern, as the speedometer registered 25mph. So, what’s the hurry, ever heard of “Maui time”? Copper is an excellant mountain that does not get as much exposure as other [...]

After skiing in Angel Fire, we drive at night in a snowstorm on a mountain road through the Cimarran Pass of New Mexico. I had at first decided not to go straight north from Angel Fire and drive to the Vail/Beaver Creek area. That was my one mistake and I decided to have only one mistake [...]

One of the things that takes hours of time is contacting the marketing departments at all of the different ski resorts that I have on my list. Some have hard to find contacts on their web pages, some do not respond at all, and some have marketing managers that are awesome. Ann Powers of Angel [...]

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The Sante Fe/Taos area is rich in Indian history and it is interesting to try to imagine what life was like back in the real Indian days during the winter. No heat other than the fire that constantly needed attention. A winter bubble bath did not even exist. Nor a hot shower. Sleeping under deer/buffalo [...]