Janet's Cabin

Tucker took Friday off of work and headed into Janet's cabin with SEVENTEEN other people (only 2 of which we knew when the weekend started). It snowed all day Friday and Saturday at the cabin. I was planning on hiking in 'late' on Saturday after Diabetes EXPO. A guy at work was going to go to a different hut with a different group but also hiking in by himself on Saturday so we decided that it wasn't really safe for either of us to do that on our own and joined forces - he went into Janet's with me! It was a fairly easy hike in and the snow was WONDERFUL when we got there! We finally(!) got on the first lift at 3pm (the trailhead is on a ski run at Copper Mountain). We hiked the 3.5 miles in from the ski resort and arrived just in time for dinner (5:45)! Grant, my coworker, hauled in EIGHTEEN BEERS! What was he thinking? It was wonderful to sit, relax and drink a beer when we got in though.
After some chicken curry for dinner with peanut butter cup brownies for dessert we got to work on some Euchre games (cards, for those that don't know).

There were 2 different night ski groups - one at about 10pm and another at 2am. It was a full moon weekend and the 10pm group had clouds while the 2am group said it was bright and fantastic.


The next morning was blueberry pancakes and sausage! Delicious! With bellies full and anxious to get home, Tucker, Grant and I took off! We had beautiful sun and snow and a quick hike up to get in one last run before we left the backcountry fun!





Back to the cars revealed that Karyn had left her headlights on. DEAD BATTERY. We packed the cars while Tucker's jeep did a wonderful job of charging the battery in the Jetta.... about 20 minutes worth. It was really, really dead.

We arrived home and quickly remembered that our fridge had died the previous week - yes, the 3rd one in less than a year - and that without a replacement in sight very soon.... freezer food stashed in fridges at Karyn's work, fridge food delivered to Tucker's parent's condo in Keystone before the hut trip.... we were lacking food.

We decided to head out to dinner! We were seated next to the window and saw a familiar car pull up - our friends Josh and Jen. Their baby, Adey, was with them and we hadn't gotten to meet this 5 week old bundle yet! They joined us at a table and we talked and enjoyed the time out - as I'm SURE they did too! On the walk home we saw familiar faces piling out of another neighbor's house - including an ex-coworker of Karyn's - and ended up joining them for about an hour, talking and laughing.

What a great weekend! So much fun and not many pictures.... maybe next weekend when we hang out with folks from the hut and some of Bev's friends.... stay tuned!