Last Day of SKI FUN

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Last night, the furnace stopped working sometime in the middle of the night. Tony discovered it on a bathroom visit. The Thermostat said it was 53 degrees in the coach, and the furnace would not click on, so he went outside to check on the tank. It seemed to be getting low, so he went ahead and switched the changeover valve to the other (full) tank. Voila, we had heat again! Unfortunately, now both of us were awake at 2:30am, and now aware that the furnace may or may not  be on the fritz, so we didn't go back to sleep easily. The furnace ran fine the rest of the night, but both of us were more tired than usual in the morning. We decided to go a half-day in the afternoon to ski, rather than attempt to get going this morning.

The train went by at 10:35, as usual, so Tony took Eileen's picture:

Eileen at Westerly RV Park, Durango, CO

We started getting the rig ready to go, by packing up non-essential items and stowing things for travel. It's amazing how spread out and homey the place gets when we are in one spot for a while!

After lunch we headed to the slopes. Tony led the way to the backside, and we had a great time skiing Chet's, Sally's Run, Vincents, Legends, Where, and others. We skied over 8 miles, with a top speed just over 30mph.

The tower at the base area

Prepping to ski 

Erika

Tony

After we got home from skiing, we hooked up the truck to the trailer. We had dinner and then worked to get the coach ready to go as best we could. After working to get most things stored, we both sat on the loveseat to watch some TV. Soon, we were joined by kitties!! This was a rare site, both cats sitting ON US. Usually Mambo likes a lap, and Tango sits nearby. He's not much of a lap cat.

Two snoozing lap cats!

We should not have too much to do in the morning. We want to get on the road fairly early, so we can go out to eat with family in Amarillo.