Day 31: End of trip, Drive to AZ (insert sad face)

February 16th

Woke - someone not feeling well – 3 inches of pow pow on Taco – 21 minutes of icy Taco back scratch de-icing scrub - we’re off - AZ bound - oh haaaay neighbor horsies bye bye - clear roads - hold up snow roads - hot cocoa stop - cheese curds - 8 pound feed bag of gummy bears - slow go slushy roads - two car crashes - turn off on another road to no where - cow crossing - trading post pee stop - rad store - animal heads - raccoon tail key chains - more hot cocoa - I’m turning into a hot cocoa - hiring trust fund Karl Jr. conversation - Coccoanoble - Kane with a K - hand dancing -Grand Staircase monument - discussing next ski trip - go Taco go - YMCA song - it’s hard to ymca in the taco truck with long arms - Arizona boarder - Glen Canyon... the Grand Canyon’s stepbrother - cucumber is a hand food - HorseShoeBend - oooh yeah!! - can’t park here… must drive back and take tour bus - ok we are just going to turn around - rule follower Ricardo – bail on Taco the truck - run - off trail run - snap photo snap - run - not towed - success - Grand Canyon - Tuba City where the horses eat in front of fast food joints on the road - Worlds bumpiest road -

Daily Quote:

Deep Thought: “Why aren’t pizzas measured in round inches?”

Noticed while driving: “Whooa, that motel is $27 a night and their steak dinner 1/3 of that price.”

Overhead mumbling in truck: “What do they mean by square meals?”

Overheard in Taco Truck staring at Grand Canyon: “I think I would get bored staring at this if I lived here after awhile.” “Yeah, I would get bored staring at anything after awhile.” “Really, you’d get bored of staring at Chris Hemsworth?” “Oh, ok… no.”

Car Chatter: “Are Gloria Estefan and Sheena Easton cousins?”

Animals We Saw:

An emu, a boring dumb cow (so she says) and a couple of geese.

Songs of the Drive:

Duran Duran - the Reflex

Things to Retire after the trip:

Hot cocoa, rice crisps, our knees, Sirus XM radio, Taco the truck’s back pad, sandwiches, trail maps, Kleenex, hot lava packs, glacier glasses and Vertrees antique goggles.

Special Shoutout Thanks To:

Taco the Truck (and Dave). Without Taco we’d probably still be stuck in one of the 8 blizzards we drove through. Best Memories of Taco: We both had “our sides’ of the extra cab – Steamboat Springs underground ‘car wash’ – Guiseppe being relegated to the backseat the last week – lava pack graveyard – toilet paper stash – and, just getting us home in one piece on old country roads.

“You can’t spell Tacoma without a Taco.”

- pea.Chip

circa January 28, 2019

Day 30: Alta

February 15th

Woke - eggs, bacon and avo toast - made sandos – Taco-ing (driving) up to Alta – rad small resort feel – awesome parking attendants – time to pee before the slopes – great non-slippery I’m going to break my neck floors (we are looking at you Solitude) – chlorine smelling restrooms… of which, someone didn’t like – chairlift characters - Connecticut Carl and his recommendations – first run was best run of day - best powder of the trip – blasting the bowl and taking a wide turn taking out pea.chip – back to floating on pillows – whoooa STOP cliff - did we mention skier only joint – #walkawayfromsnowboarding – fluffy bowl skiing – hey Connecticut Carl again - mono ski frenchie - don’t look now it’s Connecticut Carl – traversing bowl and took wrong turn - am I out of bounds? - last run of the day was a death run – tow bar – IPAs in lodge – home shower – dressed up and out for first time in a week – Cottonbottom for famous garlic burger - snowing buckets -established in 1966 - sir I need to see your ID – didn’t ask for ID – 9 out of 10 dudes were missing ½ their teeth – garlic burger equals garlic powder – can I get fries – no – bag of Lay’s potato chips – grotto – state liquor stores go figure – waze was ways off – Holladay, the Bel Air of Salt Lake City – home – wine – day old lasagna – tummy ache – he’s out – movie Blow – laundry folding – thanks!! – nights.

Daily Quotes:

Overheard at dinner: “What do you think the oldest thing in this bar is?” “Besides the ventilation and piping? I dunno… probably the 92 year old in the corner.”

Ski Weather Update:

Weather Update: 13° - 29 ° degrees | 9 inches

Best.ski.day.of.trip. The mountain, the snow, the weather, the runs, the small village feel, the lack of crowds and no snowboards. We highly recommend this joint and will be back soon.

Day 29: Solitude Mountain

February 14th

Woke - fridge wasn’t closed all the way - warm yogurt - no - snow - equals - snow gurt - avo toast - sausage n pepper left overs - coors - solitude - sweating bullets before we get on the mountain- warm day- remove layers- chair lift - we haven’t boarded in 2 years - hey move over – wanda paula - worst ski lift operator line organization - ever - worst tiled I’m going to break my neck floors – coors light frozen foam champagne party foul - ski patrol not fence off closed area - we’re hiking back to civilization - hidden pea.chip jump - lunch – pitcher - crisp treat - day 28 apple - pea.chip eating p.chips – wanda paula - horse drawn carriage sounding chair lift - chair lift chatter about PTSD and menopause - heatwave flashes - the gloves are off on the last run - skied to car - hi I’m cantu – doses & mimosas -exquisite lasagna night –- chop chop – wanda paula - john/lorena Bobbitt docuseries – and good nights.

Daily Quotes:

Day 28 apple: “Do you want some?” “No, there’s going to be a worm in it.”

Overheard at Starbucks: “Hey, check out those eye brows.” “Are they vertically combed?” “No, I think she put her finger in the socket.”

Kitchen chatter: “Wow, we have a lot of cucumbers left.” “Ok, so… do you want to gnaw on a cucumber?”

Song of the Day:

Eddie Murphy – Party all the time (duh)… does he even have another song??

Animals We Saw:

Just our 6 friendly neighborhood horses.

Ski Day Update:

Weather Update: 20° - 29 ° degrees | 9 inches