Final Stats

9 months
17, 500 Miles on Toyota
3000 miles on Skoda Roomster
15 train rides in France and Spain
8 bus rides in Spain
39 States Visited
4 European Countries
10 Bags of Cheese Flavored Popcorn
1 Set of Tires
1 Set of Brakes
1 Fat Lip
6 nights of camping in the rain
20 pounds of pasta eaten
40 bottles of wine consumed
50 chocolate croissants eaten
100 miles of driving out of our way
1 bout of the flu
6 modes of transportation
Zero Speeding Tickets
No Fights

An Experience of a Lifetime-Priceless

Roby and Patti's Radical Sabbatical

Roby and I have decided to live "lightly". Come along for the journey through our trials and tribulations. This blog is posted with the most current adventure first. So, scroll to the bottom if you want to start from the beginning. Each entry has a continuous slideshow of photos for your viewing pleasure. If you double click on the photos it will take you to our photo web page and you are able to see enlarged versions. We welcome comments and any building tricks.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Epic Powder

Little did we know that the conditions would be better than in Telluride but the drive to Crested Butte reminded me of the "all girl's ski trip" in Steamboat. Continuous powder all day and night long. We were fortunate the drive was not harry. Not that it mattered much to me since I have been a passenger most of the trip. I don't think Roby likes the way I drive. He just figures he can keep putting more caffeine in him and he is safer than having me behind the wheel. I keep offering but he won't let me drive. We thought we would make it up to Crested Butte for half day skiing but this retirement thing has gotten us and we just can't or won't get motivated to wake up early. It may have also been that we had to have our last German breakfast with Gordy and Silke.

We arrived in Crested Butte around 2:00 pm and considered a half day thinking that they would be open till 5:00 pm like Telluride but no such luck. So we decided to spend the night and do half day morning which they allowed because we were a bit behind to get to Silverthorne to meet MaryKay and the Kennedy Clan.

My little investment in the new Blackberry Storm has come in handy and I found a cute little hotel in the town of Crested Butte. Roby made the call and once the lady told him that she had just pulled out fresh cookies from the oven, he booked a room. It continued to snow all night long and when we woke we found at least 12-15 inches of new snow on the truck and our poor bikes, icicled over. We were not sure if they would ever recover!

We decided to take the bus up to the mountain which was a good idea considering the conditions. Crested Butte has a great vibe to it and could be a fun place to hang out for awhile. The mountain has the most black and double black diamond runs of any resort in North America and the new powder made it even more special.

Somehow we have the snow God on our side. This is the second year in a row we have hit it right. I guess I won't complain that my motorcycle arrived late!! All I can say is "powder, powder, powder"
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