Jill was getting a bit anxious being confined to the house, so she played social director and found us an event to attend. We'd seen this in the past, and this time with me being on IR, we loaded up and headed west. We stopped in Westminster to pick up Sarah, and off we went.
We grabbed some lunch at Red Mountain Grill in Silverthorne, drove up and over Swan Mtn Rd (a bit sketchy this time of year) to get to Breck. Great weather had lots of people out, but we found parking pretty quickly and made our way over to the sculptures.
Cooper got suited up in his fleece snow suit, the girls stopped to pose.
The first sculpture we encountered was this "Monster Jeep" that had kids climbing all over it.
This one was quite intricate
We maneuvered our way through the crowds on uber slick paths
We got a family shot in front of my favorite snow sculpture, the entry from the Alaskan team
A better shot of the sculpture. Its a bear ransacking a tourists travel trailer.
This sculpture didn't quite make it
More of the sculptures
Jill's Favorite
And more
This is an uncarved block. Huge.
This one was an elephant on a diving board titled "No Trunks Required"
Cooper is tight lipped about his favorite
After the viewings, we walked the main street and found ourselves at ColdStone Creamery. Cooper indulged a bit.
Then the fun ended. We got stuck in traffic on the west side of the Ike tunnel for between 1.5 and 2 hours. Put it in park and sit. This is why I ski at Winter Park so often, as it seems every time I go to Summit County this happens. How do people deal with this every weekend? Its beyond me.
Eventually, we got back home and luckily our dogs have incredible bladders. We were glad to be home safe and sound. And to clean off all the ice cream that Cooper had from head to toe, he got a bath and then off to bed he went. He's been a champ about sleeping lately, making it till at least 6am if not 7 or 7:30. Incredible.
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Fantastic pics! Cooper looks nice and snug- I need to get Cale one of those!
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