Blizzard Greeting us at Vail/Eagle Airport
By Lothar. Filed in Colorado |
This is our lucky day. It is Valentine’s Day, February 14, and Gabi and I spent most of the day on airplanes. Amazingly, we make all our connections: United 5350 to Washington Dulles, UA 43 to Denver and UA 576 to Vail/Eagle. The clouds break up during the 30 minute flight across the snow-covered Rocky Mountains, and I have a nice view of the slopes at Beaver Creek and Arrowhead. We see black clouds just to the West, as we step off the plane in Eagle. 15 minutes later, and a blinding blizzard greets me as I am trying to find our rental car. I don’t care that the return flight to Denver is on hold for now. We are here and have 8 days of ski vacation ahead of us.
Gabi and I celebrate with lunch at the Grand Avenue Grill in Eagle, followed by sitting in the outdoor hot tub (in the snowstorm) at our Simba Run condo in Vail.