Earlier this year, Mina somehow managed to organize a group of 15 adults and 8 kids for a week-long trip to the YMCA of the Rockies in Granby, Colorado - and I'm so glad she did! We loved the resort! In fact, we hope to make it a new annual tradition.
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| Family snow boots |
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| The road up was a little scary. |
We all stayed on one floor of the Indian Peak lodge: Naresh, Suzan, and Julie; Mina, James, Rosemary, and Louis; me, Dev, Beatrice, Arthur, and William; Maureen, Paul, and their friends Mark and Ellen; Dolly, Felix and their kids Sadie (7) and Eli (4); and Katie, Cyrus, and their son Henry (8).
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| Beatrice and Rosemary |
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| James, Rosemary, Louis (hiding), Mina, Sadie, Dolly, and Eli |
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| Maureen, Mark, and Ellen |
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| Suzan and Julie |
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| Talking under the table |
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| Beatrice and Louis |
Every morning we started off the day with breakfast in the cafeteria (this was the highlight of William's day). Then we would go out to do a different activity, like dog sledding, cross-country skiing, or tubing.
On Tuesday we all went dog sledding:
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| Mina, Rosemary, and Louis returning from the trail |
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| Louis, Henry, and Arthur make a snow cave. |
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| Dev and Arthur |
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| Beatrice gets ready to go. |
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| Beatrice and me |
Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing:
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| Rosemary and Maureen |
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| Louis skis for the first time |
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| Sadie was an amazing skier. |
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| Naresh and Suzan |
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| Julie, Mina, and Suzan |
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| James stops to consult the map. |
Beatrice went cross-country skiing for the first time and she did great! She was very slow, of course, and fell down a lot, but I was so proud of her good attitude. She skied for hours without ever complaining or giving up.
After lunch in the cafeteria, we'd go back out into the snow again - or take a break inside with activities like roller skating in the rec center, board games in the library, or crafts in the craft lodge.
Tubing:
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| Beatrice, Rosemary, and Sadie |
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| The girls with Henry and Eli |
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| Arthur rockets down the hill alone |
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| James goes down with Rosemary, Louis, Beatrice, and Sadie. |
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| Cyrus launches Henry and Eli. |
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| Paul and Maureen |
Staying indoors:
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| Roller skating in the recreation center |
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| Playing Candyland in the library |
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| Reading a book about dog sledding |
After pre-dinner cocktails and dinner in the cafeteria, we put the kids to bed and then hung out around the fireplace in the lounge. It was pretty much an ideal week.
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| Louis and Arthur playing a board game |
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| Reading The Boxcar Children |
We spent New Year's Eve staying up playing Cards Against Humanity until toasting at midnight.
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| Mina and James playing Cards Against Humanity |
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| Mark and Katie |
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| Paul and Maureen |
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| Mina and Dev |
Several times during our stay we ran into a pair of foxes living near the lodge, but the most exciting part of my trip was seeing a moose for the first time. Four moose, in fact! Though my excitement turned to fear when the bull moose got a little too close to James. Luckily everyone was okay, but it was a pretty tense moment.
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| One of the foxes |
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| A bull moose in the distance |
Thank you, Mina! I'm already looking forward to going back next year!
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