The Lowrimore’s, Goering’s, and I went up to Steamboat for our annual vacation. This year’s theme was lack of snow and COLD. Like highs of below 10, and lows around -10 through -15. Decent weather, although it got a little windy on our last night. Add that to the temps, and Brrrrr…

On the first day, we all bought tickets (whatever happened to early season ticket prices??? $80 for an adult??? To ski on brush, pine boughs, and ice? Fun, but not enough fun to do it for two days. So… on the second day…

… it was cold, but not quite cold enough to keep us from taking the kids out sledding. We went to the main hill leading up to the Gondola Base (Werner Circle), and found enough snow on the hill under the parking gondola to let the sleds run. We were sledding through weeds, but it was still a blast. Check out some of the expressions on the kinds faces….
Day three led me to get out of the condo with the cameras, and head over to a barn that I’d found last year (A Barn to Shoot Next Fall). ?Not only did I get some great pictures of that barn, I also found a ski-boot graveyard, some horses, and then Gregg and I went back out again around sunset to get better light. The entire gallery is shown below the break.

December 10th, 2011 update: Gregg’s pictures from the barn trip can be found here?and here.