Hi Everyone - we made it here after a long tiring journey. We missed our connection to Denver in LA mainly due to the inordinate amount of security checks we had to go through.
Did you know that you cannot take any form of liquid on board a US bound flight - yep that means no more duty free perfume or alcohol AND you get frisked before you get onto the plane!
The boys and I had to leave Al in LA as there were only 3 seats left for the next Denver flight (dont worry Al was on the one after that). I got to sit opposite Catriona Rowntree from Getaway program - she didnt say much just put her eye mask on and went off to sleep, got off the plane with a daggy akubra hat and a pink bag - I knew that girl was annoying.
After all that excitement, 3 flights and 22 hours travel we finally made it to our lovely Steamboat condo complete with great view of the mountain. We had a foot of snow last night and it made for a fantastic first day skiing/snowboarding - powder, powder everywhere.
Here a few messages from the boys:
Vaughn - I'm here, you're not - I'm cool and you're hot - I'm snowboarding and you're NOT!
Jackson - Steamboat is good and nice (yeah right!)
Alwyn - Steamboat is perfect - there is only one thing that could improve the place and that is 150 Australian lawyers!
What can I say - Al will get the improvement he wants when his lawyer's conference starts tomorrow night - boys and I will take to the mountains.
Shane - Vaughan was a real little trooper on his first big flight (or should I say first 3 flights). I had to fight to get him into bed when we got here 'cause it was 9pm and he thought it was too early (this is after 22 hours travel and about 4 hours sleep). Needless to say he slept for 13 hours straight.
I think we are doing OK - talked to a few people today who have suffered some altitude sickness - we are sitting around 9,000 feet here. Temps are a cool -10 degrees but thankfully no wind today.
Well - that's about all for now. I have added a few pics for you to check out. They are over on the right under Photo Galleries - Steamboat.
Over and out till the next instalment.
