The next night was even better. We sampled some of the local eats & drinks at Bin 707. Mom treated herself to a Bin Martini, which was fantastic. I elected to try the Hemingway, which is their take on a mojito. It was excellent. If fact, it was so good that I've embarked on a quest (lifelong, if need be) to replicate the drink. It's 'Pan Galactic Garble Blaster' good. Really.
Recovering from a generous Hemingway infusion, I made my way back over the hill and landed promptly at a neighborhood BBQ. It was more about the wine than the meat and some you may see a pattern forming.
Tuesday dawned relatively clear and provided us an opportunity to finally get the boats on the water. Before putting in, however, we had to run an errand. This was not your garden variety, 'pick up the milk' sort of errand. It was the 'change your life/culmination of years of hard work' sort. Here's Katherine dropping into the mail an envelope containing the payoff to our house.
That's right, kids. It's all ours. Afterwards, we were off to the lake.
We played chicken with a thunderstorm and lost, so the photo above was taken after hanging out at the winery in Evergreen with a couple glasses of viognet. Of course, no trip to the lake is complete without the requisite goofy selfie.
The celebratory dinner was relatively simple fare - good steak and excellent beer.
The weather on Wednesday wasn't as cooperative, but we managed to time a bike ride with a break in the storms. We've had an unusual amount of moisture this Spring, so the trail was a bit muddy in places. Regardless, it was great to ride some singletrack.
Thursday was probably the biggest surprise. No adventure week is complete without some crazy scheme of yours truly, so I decided that we should go skiing at A-Basin. Katherine, being a good sport, decided to play along. It was shockingly good. The coverage at A-Basin in late May was better than that of Mary Jane in mid March. Yet another selfie from the lift:
Yours truly getting my not-so-inner ski bum on:
I told you the coverage was good:
Last, but not least, Kath & I basking in the glory of wrapping up a late May ski day:
We hadn't enough adventure for the day, so off to see Lindsay Stirling at Red Rocks we went. She put on a fantastic show.
Selfie On the Rocks:
The rest of the week was all about relaxing, bbq's and more bike rides. I'm already looking forward to Labor Day.
