 Bob drove to Vail on the Northern route through Reno. |
 Emiko flew out to avoid the boring drive through Nevada |
 and then the Great Salt Flats of Utah. |
 Yes, they really do harvest salt here. |
 Eventually the drive gets interesting as you hit the Rocky Mountains. |
 There was snow along the drive until Bob arrived at the Vail city limits. |
 Our timeshare condo. |
 Bob's new boots. We both got boots and skies this year. |
 A baked potato lunch, and |
 a big smile. |
 Friends from San Jose stayed with us at the condo. |
 Apres ski. |
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 View from the condo patio the morning after a good snow fall. |
 Up on the hill that day we had cold temperatures and fresh powder. |
 Bob felt that it was the first time he had ever really "skied" powder, as opposed to just surviving the powder. |
 Relaxing after a great day. |
 A few days later the snow had cleared at the base. |
 The mountain groomers posed for an end-of-year photo. |
 Looks like a fun crew. |
 Emiko drove back with me, and we stopped at the wineries in Grand Junction. |
 There are about a dozen wineries there. Most are poor quality, but a couple were good. |
 The drive back along the Southern route passes through Southern Utah |
 with some spectacular scenery. |
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 We spent the night at Mesquite, Nevada, and |
 passed through Las Veags in the morning. The Bellagio looks rather ordinary in the morning light. We didn't bother to stop. |
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