Tuesday and Wednesday Skiing Monarch

Tuesday 2/27/18

Today we went skiing at Monarch Resort, it's about a half hour away from Salida. We started the day off by going to the breakfast that was offered at the hotel. Then we went back to the room and relaxed for about an hour.

We got to Monarch at 9:00 and got ready to go skiing. It was already 32 degrees and it stayed at that temperature all day. The wind wasn't blowing when we arrived but it came up a little around 11:00. We skied a few runs and then took a break. Then we went back on the slopes until 1:00 when we called it a day. We had a fabulous day of skiing. The temperature was perfect and the runs were very well maintained. Most of them were groomed.

We had three outstanding days of snow skiing and now it's time to go back home. After leaving Monarch we started our journey homeward bound. Larry drove 388 miles to Dumas, Texas, which took us about seven hours. The drive was very nice and I stayed awake for most of it. We saw bison herds, deer and pronghorns.

One of the bison on a private ranch

A herd of bison on a private ranch

Wednesday 2-28-18

Wow, we're home. Today we drove 502 miles. The drive was so relaxing I slept most of the way home. Larry woke me up a few times to see different things. We stopped for lunch at Dairy Queen and shared a four piece chicken basket. We were home by 4:00 our time. When we got home we unpacked the car.

In the evening we watched our YouTube videos and I watched a weekly PBS show called Murder in Suburbia. We had a long drive home but we're glad we're home. We had an awesome trip. 

  

We're home