Vail - Feb 2014

Karen, Cheryl, Keith and Shawna at Larkspur

Cheryl decided to spend another weekend skiing with us this year and this time she brought along Karen who Keith knows from the dining club in DC where he worked with her and Cheryl.

Accommodation:
The Lodge at Vail - We had stayed here last year with Cheryl and enjoyed it so we decided to stay again.  We shared a room between the four of us so Keith felt like a king having three women in the room!

Activities:
Karen had arrived earlier on Friday and took the shuttle from the airport out to Vail.  We picked up Cheryl at the airport around 3pm and headed out to the mountains.  Unfortunately, we ran into some horrible traffic thanks to a crazy guy who was driving drunk on the highway and when the police started to chase him, he proceeded to ram into cars to get through.  Once the police stopped him, they shot the guy and then took him to a nearby hospital.  Due to this, the highway was shut down for quite some time and they diverted traffic to the local roads.  It took us over 6 hours to get to Vail and as a result, we missed our dinner reservation.  So we stopped in Silverthorne to grab a quick Chipotle.  When we arrived at Vail, Karen was napping as she had already had her fair share of drinks.  We dragged her downstairs for a glass of wine at Elway's while we call caught up and then we went to bed.

On Sat, Keith, Karen and Cheryl skied all day while Shawna worked out and went to the spa.  After showering, Karen, Cheryl and Shawna had a few drinks at Mountain Standard and then we picked up Keith (who was napping) and went to dinner.  On Sun, Keith, Karen and Cheryl skied again - according to Keith, it was one of the best ski days ever as the weather was gorgeous and the powder was awesome.  Shawna worked out, had lunch and then checked out of the hotel.  She then staked out a place to watch the Broncos in the Super Bowl where the rest of the gang joined her after skiing.  The game was pathetic and depressing!  After the game, we drove back to Denver and Karen and Cheryl left the following morning.

Restaurants:
Sweet Basil - Shawna had lunch here.  Always an awesome place!

Larkspur - We all had dinner here.  Great restaurant and food.

Mountain Standard - The girls had drinks here on Sat night and Shawna had lunch here on Sunday.

Tavern on the Gore - We watched the Super Bowl here and had a few beers and dinner.