Girls Day in Ouray

While the boys were off skiing in Telluride:

And Ben was making his way back home from Denver in awful traffic:

The girls and I got out and had a fun day in Ouray:

We started off skiing at Lee's Hill - a lovely and free tow-rope hill in Ouray. :) (I had wanted to take the girls to Silverton, but a storm dumped on Red Mountain Pass on Friday and it didn't look good for driving that morning.) Poor Lucy inherited my short & stocky calves that don't feel good AT ALL in ski boots. She cried and cried . . . until I undid her top two buckles . . . (When we got home I saw that she had tall soccer socks on - no more. Just ankle socks for her and I!)

We had the hill to ourselves practically. A young couple were there for a bit (she was learning how to snowboard) and then a boy skied over from his house and joined us. :) He was 8 and very, very good!

 The tow-rope is not for wimps! It's hard! But fun and cool.

After our arms and legs were sore, we stopped skiing and went to Ouray's free ice-rink. A few other families came - but we were the only ones who knew how to skate, ha. It was fun!

It's a little bigger than our backyard rink . . . :)

A few videos: