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KEYSTONE SKI RESORT MARCH 29 – APRIL 5, 2008 by Victoria Dye Our group of 30 skiers left Jacksonville early Saturday morning, arriving at Keystone at mid-afternoon. To our surprise, we arrived just in time to catch the end of an outdoor concert. Everyone had plenty of time to take care of getting their rental equipment before our Welcome Pizza Party. Keystone provided a representative for our party to answer any questions and to provide information about the area. Our first day of skiing (Sunday) was the last time for night skiing for the season. The Rothwieler and the Davis families took full advantage of the day and night. What die-hards!!! Several of the days we had fresh snow. For me, it was a new adventure skiing in powder, and lots of it. At Keystone many of the slopes were not groomed and we faced some challenges. But it only made us better skiers. Quynh Ngo, Leah Mantle, and Jason Backlund were our extreme snowboarders. They ventured where most of us will never go. Many of us took advantage of the free bus system and went to A-Basin and Breckenridge to ski/board. Kim Neil and I went over to Breckenridge for 3 of the days. It was very easy to get around. While we were there on April 1st, it was Gaper Day. That means that there were people dressed up in crazy outfits. Some skiers had no shirts on. Some guys were in skirts. It was very colorful and outlandish. On Thursday we had our group dinner at the Snake River Saloon. The children had their own table and seemed to have a great time. The food was very good. After dinner some of us went into the bar area where there were games and dancing to a live band. We had some serious pool table games going with some of the locals. It definitely was a happening place. Saturday we left the resort about 11:00 a.m. and headed back to Denver. We had a slight delay in Memphis, but we just hung out together looking at each others’ pictures and talking about our trip. Most of us made it back to Jacksonville by 10:00 p.m., some at 11:00 p.m. By then we were all very exhausted. Bob Harmon hosted our post-trip party at his home. And since Bob has a pool table, the games continued. Until next ski season………. Jacksonville
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