1hour and 15 minutes of bliss . . . Private Yoga Class

I got up this morning and headed across the street to Yoga class. I was the only person . . . let me repeat . . . I was the only person in class . . . can you say private lesson for $15. Wow . . . the instructor was Nicola and she was wonderful. The studio is called synergy and I would certainly recommend it to anyone interested in Yoga or Pilates.

I feel great . . . relaxed . . . more in tune with my body and taller. I take a 1/2 hour class through our work fitness classes . . . but 75 minutes of yoga is sooooooo cool.

So much time to warm up . . .

work really hard . . .

hold poses until fatigue . . .

time to relax and

reconnect with your body.

Peace

and

Namasté

Beaver Creek and Vail

I have had a great two days skiing. I started Saturday off with an hour long Yoga class. The studio is right across the street (how lucky is that?) from my hotel and the class was absolute bliss. I then took the bus (right outside my hotel) to the gondola which took me to one of the ticket centers and I headed up the mountain. It was snowing most of the day - we probably got a couple of inches. I stopped at the Ritz-Carlton, which is located at the bottom of one of the runs and ate at the grill outside. I had a ginormous burger for lunch. Needless to say, the burger and lemon-aide was $20 . . . I ate every single bite. Usually if you eat at one of the resort restaurants on the mountain you can stay around $10-$12 for lunch - since I was at the bottom of the lift and hungry I thought what the heck. I won't do that again. It was a pretty good burger.

I skied with my garmin and only tracked the ski miles - not the lift miles. I skied 23 miles.

When I got back to the hotel I hopped in the hot tub for about 15 minutes - it was really hot - I was alone . . . which I liked. Then back to the room to shower.

I then decided to go for a walk. I am staying in Avon, which is right off I-70. Beaver Creek Resort is about 3 miles away. I started walking up to the resort. It was up hill (well it is really up the mountain) all the way. It took me over an hour to get there. I didn't have my garmin with me - but I am going to do it again tomorrow and will wear my garmin so I can check the elevation. It felt like I was climbing 1000's of feet . . . but I doubt it was that much . . . but who knows. I walked around the shops at Beaver Creek, and stopped for a bowl of Gelato. sooooo good.

Today - I skied Vail. It was another great day. I headed to the back bowls. On the way 18 groomers were heading back from grooming some runs of the back bowls . . . it is like a parade on the mountain.

Vail does a great job grooming some runs on the back bowls. If not for the grooming - I would never be back there. I made my way around the mountain without any problems. There was only a couple of times that I had to get my map out to check which lift to take. Usually when I have been skiing in Colorado - my son's have been with me and they lead me around the mountain . . . . I just follow. But this trip it is up to me to make my way around the mountains.

Tonight I am back at the hotel - blogging, updating facebook and watching the Super bowl - while enjoying a glass of wine.

Tomorrow is going to start with a 9:00 Yoga class. I am then going to head over to the Starbuck's, enjoy some coffee and do some work. I have personnel reviews coming up and thought this would be a good time to get some of the write-ups completed. I am then planning on running up to Beaver Creek again. I am sure I will walk quite a bit - but thought it might be fun.

Peace

Am I the luckiest person on earth?

That is pretty much what I feel like right now. Why am I so blessed to be able to vacation in Colorado a second time this winter? I have no answers. I am just very thankful.

I spent the last couple of days attending a conference in Denver. The conference ended at 1:00 this afternoon and I headed west. I got to my hotel in Avon, CO around 3:00 pm. I unpacked and then walked to the city market and bought some fruit and Luna bars for the next couple of days. I also scoped out restaurants . . . settled for a pizza joint. I ordered a greek salad and slice of pizza. It was the wonderful slice of pizza, with spinach, feta cheese, onions and tomatoes on a thin crust. Yum - worked out that I am by myself - onions and peppers. Yum. I didn't have any lunch so I was really hungry. I also had a glass of Sunshine beer - similar to Blue Moon.

Tomorrow I am going to ski at Beaver Creek. But first I am going to a Yoga class at a studio right across the street from my hotel. How lucky is that.

Usually we are try to get to the slopes first thing in the morning. Tomorrow - I will ski when I get there. Oh the joy of not having to please / or worry about anyone else.

Life is Good!!!