RuthAnn returned to the southwest. She's a real gamer, as my friend Guy would say, as she made the 8.5 hour road trip with me to Snowmass, CO the day after flying into ABQ. But we hit Santa Fe in a big way before we left for Snowmass. Interestingly, Santa Fe is the home of the famous "Inn at the Loretto" and RuthAnn's mom's name is Loretto. We couldn't resist!Along the way, we found that Independence Pass was closed due to snow, so we had to take the long way around to Snowmass, taking us along I-70 through the truly magnificent Glenwood Canyon.
So here are the snow covered Rockies on Oct 18.....and then Saturday, just as RuthAnn, her cousin James (also from Hamilton, a 1974 Fairfield High School grad who lives in Glenwood Springs) and I arrive at the summit of a mountain ridge to watch the sun set, we get hit, literally, with a blizzard that left 6 inches.
You can see a few of the Aspen ski runs from this photo taken from a coffee shop in downtown Aspen. Max is going to LOVE boarding out here!
En route to Aspen, we had to navigate a herd of cattle walking on the road, on their way to who knows where, but they obviously weren't at all concerned about us or the car!
Thankfully, James has a 4 wheel drive vehicle, so he drove us home.....and then was nice enough to take RuthAnn to Vail the next day to hand her off to her brother, who also has a 4 wheel drive vehicle, which is the only reason he was permitted to drive over Vail Pass.
But even luckier for me, the snow melted this week in the 70 degree, sunny fall weather we've enjoyed!
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