Category: Gearhead

Colorado – Road Trip!

By FWtravel, March 18, 2010 10:54 pm

We finally got out of town again. The last few months were rather emotional/distracting/time consuming with family business, holidays, visiting relatives, and drama, but all of that ended and we decided a road trip was in order. Literally, the relatives left and we took off the next day.

So, we went to Colorado. Why? Because there is snow, and we live in Texas normally where there isn’t snow. Except this year, where we had an absurd number of cold days and snow and freezes in Texas. That was.. odd. But, Colorado. We decided to give yuppie a try and went skiing (neither of us had done so in years. I usually snowboard, and he usually doesn’t live near mountains).

I was sad to see this today about the Texas teen who died at Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek is gorgeous and has numerous greens (all we were really up for) and it’s a shame that this happened. First time skiers should NOT be on intermediate slopes, I don’t care how much of a “natural” the kid is.

Some pictures from the drive and the slopes after the cut.

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The importance of a good pair of boots…

By FWtravel, August 10, 2009 10:40 am

I cannot stress enough the importance of a good pair of boots especially in situations where you are depending upon your feet to get you in and out of wherever you are. These are my boots after a good hike in southern China. Notice the high ankle support, laces and the traction on the bottom? Notice the mud? Notice the fact that the boots are leather and despite the wet conditions, my feet were perfectly dry and toasty inside?

Think tennis shoes could do that for you? Think again.

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