Feeling like home?

When I travel to Colorado in January to go skiing, my expectation is that the weather will be COLD.  Which is exactly what we didn't get today.  The skies were blue without a cloud in sight and it was probably the warmest day we've ever felt her in Steamboat Springs.  The snow was soft and sticky (even slushy in places), which made for less than optimal ski conditions.  But when you have almost 2,000 acres to play on, and no crowds anywhere to be seen, its really hard to complain.  However, I am trying to figure out how to wear fewer layers without risking arrest for indecent exposure...

Besides weather that felt more like the Mid-Atlantic, we also spent parts of the day with people from back home.  At lunch time, we met up with a work colleague and his family, and then we skied a couple of runs with them before we headed off to do our own thing again.  Then, after finishing for the day, we headed down into town to crash the Pentagon Ski Club's group dinner.  It has been many years since we traveled with the club (in fact, our last trip with the club was our first trip to Steamboat, nine years ago), so it was nice to see some familiar faces (and meet some new people as well).  But it seems a little strange to travel all the way out to Colorado to see people who live so close to us back in the DC area.

Tomorrow's forecast is calling for another very warm, sunny day, so I'll have to figure out if there is any way to dress any lighter than today so I don't melt...