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Ski Trip to Winter Park, Colorado
February 13 - 17, 2003
Trip report submitted by Mr.
Yameen
Photos by Jeff Goertz
Troop 376 Scouts, Scouters and a couple Moms and Sisters left Liberty Thursday morning at 8:00 AM sharp. The drive to Denver was uneventful and an easy ten hour drive. Thursday night we were treated to an "all you can eat" Mexican dinner by Mr. Brenton complete with honey filled sopapillas.
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Friday morning we departed Denver at 7:00 AM, after a 5:30 wake-up call that never came. Breakfast was coffee, milk and donuts on the tail-gate of the truck as we re-loaded equipment. The hour-and-a-half drive up the mountain in the snow was a thrill, after the Mom's got their fingernails out of the dash boards (it was a bit snowy and icy).
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The group skied from 10:00 AM Friday until they shut the lifts down at 4:00. Dinner was home made spaghetti, courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Goertz, along with fresh salad and toasted garlic bread. A few sore skiers enjoyed a hot-tub to relax a few tight muscles. Most of the crew was in bed and asleep by 9:00 ( the usual on all nights).
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 Lyndall, Ralph & Jamiel |
Saturday and Sunday included more great skiing again. We had fresh snow everyday, Saturday it snowed all day. A few brave skiers took the long-lift to the top of the mountain, 11,300' ASL and above the tree-line. The hard part was the wind in the face on the 9 minute ride up the final lift.
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Dinner on Saturday night was chili, chili dogs, brauts and salad, courtesy of the Mr. and Mrs. Brenton. Sunday dinner we feasted on beef stew, fresh biscuts, deer roast and salad, coutesy of Mr. and Mrs. Agee.
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Breakfast every day was scrambled eggs, cereal, milk, donuts. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Klamm and prepared each day by Mr. Brenton. Thank you Mr. Brenton!!
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The group enjoyed a 4:30 AM wake-up on Monday morning, while everyone at home was enjoying their day off. We left Winter Park at 5:50 AM - ten minutes ahead of schedule, and pulled into the Church parking lot at 6:15 PM, an 11.5 hour drive door to door with four stops along the way for rest breaks and lunch; another full day.
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 Ken, Jonathan, Brett, Erik & Tarik |
The only injuries (reported) besides egos and sore bottoms included, Brett's lip when he was clothes-lined by a branch, Tarik when he bruised the side of his head attempting a record-setting jump and Mr. Yameen bruised an arm when a sneaky tree branch grabbed his left arm.
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We kept hoping to photograph Mr. Goertz in a fall and eating snow, but he is just too good a skier -- or he got up so fast we couldn't take his picture on the ground.
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Overall it was a great trip, and the first-time skiers are sold on down-hill skiing.
The attendees included Mr. Goertz, Mr. Brenton, Mr. Agee, Mr. Yameen and our newest assistant scout master, Mr. White (Kenneth). Scouts included: Cameron,
Jonathan, Philip, Brett, Tarik and Eric. Moms and Sisters included Mrs. Agee and Mrs. Yameen and two sisters of Scouts.