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A white Christmas

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Dave and I got each other snowshoes for Christmas this year, and didn’t wait for Christmas Day so we could try them out. We drove up Mt. Evans road to where the road is closed and started on one of the trails there. There were several other people snowshoeing in the area but we went down an unbroken trail. Talk about a lot of work! We were really worn out after a few hours! Molly, too, since she doesn’t have snowshoes but we didn’t make her break trail for us. 🙂

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Dave takes a rest along the trail.

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Winter wonderland.

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I love how the rivers look in the winter!

We had Christmas dinner with Carin and Jaime, here are a couple of photos.

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Happy couple at Xmas.

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Girls being goofy.

‘The blizzard of 2006’

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Yes, that is what our wonderful press is already calling it. For those of you I havn’t already talked to, we are safe and sound. I am back at work today after a day and a half off work! That was fun and different. The not so fun part was Wednesday when they shut our office at noon I decided to take light rail home. But of course there were delays so I stood outside in the blizzard for 45 minutes waiting. I was dressed for it but it was still no fun. It took me a total of 3 hours to make the normally 30 minute journey.
Unfortunately, our airport is still closed. I sure feel sorry for all those stuck people. Hopefully they all get out before Christmas.
We actually had a very fun day yesterday playing in the snow instead of going to work. We got about 2 feet at our place, some areas got more and some less. Here are some phots.

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People struggling through the blizzard downtown on Wednesday afternoon.

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Out playing while it’s still coming down.

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What our vehicles looked like the next morning. Can you guess which one is our Jeep?

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The view from our balcony. Talk about a while Christmas!

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Our apartment.

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Not the end

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
So, I've decided I can hold on to my blog a little longer, under the pretext that we are going on a cruise next month. Granted, it's a little tame after the rest of our travels but hey, it's travel, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Part 4, back into Germany

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
OK, this is the last post about Europe, REALLY. I just found I had way more photos than I thought. So, after cruising through parts of Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, and Belgium we headed back into Germany for the ... [Continue reading this entry]

European Vacation, Part 3

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Ok, I had too many more photos to post to do it all in the last one. I had to break it up! 2 Italian kids Too very nice Italian ... [Continue reading this entry]