Snow!!!

The courtyard of our apartment building.

Well, yesterday it was like 75 degrees outside and we were walking around in shorts and t-shirts, but look what we woke up to this morning. They expect 1-3 inches today, but I think we've gotten that much already. It's noon here now and it's still snowing pretty hard with HUGE snowflakes. It's still melting pretty quickly on the pavement though because it was so warm yesterday. The Broncos are playing in town about 6 pm today and they say it's going to quit by then. Yes, they play outdoors, not in a dome!

Colorado - The first week

We must be getting better at this travel thing because we're starting to settle in much faster. I had a full week of classes this week, but was off Friday so we decided to head up to A-basin and try out our new ski passes. We ended up backing out, though because there was only one lift and one run open, so the lift line was about an hour long, not fun!!! We did enjoy the drive up through the mountains though, with the familiar scenery. We stopped in a little town called Idaho Springs and ate Buffalo burgers for lunch.

Hoover Dam

Lake Mead

The power generators in the dam

The Colorado River below the dam.

Vegas!!!

In front of the Monte Carlo. We saw Lance Burton's show here.

The Bellagio at night.

We spent the week in Vegas between our 2 assignments. Had lots of fun and celebrated my mom's birthday. We also saw the new Cirque du Soleil called Love. It is all of the Beatles songs.

Pacific Grove

Not something you see every day!

Black Sheep of the Family

Basically, Pacific Grove is just a suburb of Monterey. It's really close to the pebble beach golf courses. We got a kick out of the seagulls here. They eat watermelon!

Big Sur

We took a drive down Highway 1 to see what they say is the most beautiful part of California's coastline.