September 10th, the day we left for Colorado, was the longest day ever! We found that tickets were cheaper by flying out of Flint. Since we were only going to be out there a few days, we wanted to make the most of our adventure. We would arrive in Denver at 9 something in the morning so we could have the whole day to explore. Unfortunately, this meant that our flight out of Flint was very early, 6:50 I think meaning we had to get to the airport around 5:30 which ...

This was our first vacation to a non-tropical/warm sunny location. We decided to do something different and try our hand at skiing. It ended up being one of the most fun vacations. Initially, we had planned on skiing all day every day. We soon came to realize however that was not possible. Skiing is a lot of work! By 1:00 or 2:00 every day we were physically exhausted, legs quivering and all. The first day I recallt he temp was in the single digits. And standing ...