We headed up to Crested Butte around 1pm on Wednesday it was a nice day for a drive. Andrew got to see some deer. We checked in and then went down to the town of Crested Butte. Miles (Bocaza) recommended Secret Stash, not sure the last time he had been there but......anywho when we left I was starving. We stopped by the grocery store and got some things that we forgot and headed back to the condo. I was up bright and early the next morning ready to get on the slopes at 0900 but we didn't make it until 10am which was good because it had warmed up a touch. Andrew and Lindsey got settled in their lessons while Renae and I headed up Red Lady Express so I could see if I still had boarding legs. We went down a green run with a nice long catwalk which I managed to get off the lift and down the run without falling so that was a plus. We headed back up Red Lady Express and down a different green run.....kudos again I seemed to pick up a little bit better than where I left off last year. Then we headed up the Silver Queen lift and hit some blues over in Paradise Bowl. We got in 6 or 7 runs in 2 hours and then headed back down to meet Lindsey and Andrew. They said they never got out of the learning center to do a run so their instructor was going to take them down Houston at 1pm. We ate lunch at the Avalanche and they headed back out to meet up with their instructor. Renae and I were going to meet them on Houston (didn't realize it had a major catwalk). So we headed up about 30 minutes after them. I took a major tumble getting off the lift (my first) and tweeked my knee pretty good. We strapped in and went to find them which was about a quarter of the way down the hill. I took another good tumble and jammed my neck on the catwalk and called it good for the day after we finished that run. For Lindsey's first time on Colorado snow she did really good and it had been a while since Andrew had been on skis. Renae and I sat in the hot tub when we got back to the condo's and zonked. I didn't wake up till 7am. We had to check out so everyone was up a little bit earlier that morning (Friday). We got the car all loaded up and headed back to the mountain. We all headed up Red Lady Express and came down Peanut. Lindsey did awesome. She took a break the next run and Andrew, Renae and I went down a run. Then we came down Peanut with Lindsey....you could tell she was gaining confidence because she was going a little faster each time. Then she sat out one and we went up and came down Lower Twister and that's when a skier cut me off and I flipped over my board.....man I cussed and cussed until I got down to Renae and Andrew. I rejammed my neck...I'm pretty sore from it today. We headed down and ate lunch around 1pm. Then all headed back up to Peanut. Even more awesomeness from Lindsey way to go. It was around 1:45 and my neck was sore so I sat out and went to talk with Christy Sports. Lindsey sat out too and Andrew and Renae went to the top of Silver Queen to take a run. Lindsey and I were beat so sent Andrew and Renae back to the top one more time. Then we headed home. There were lots of deer on the way home as it was dusk. We ate at the Red Barn in Montrose and flew like the wind home.
