Bristal Head and Surrounding Areas.

We went to Creede for lunch today with Gary and Doretha Wall, it was such nice weather after lunch we decided to take a ride up to Clear Creek Falls. Unfortunately it was only open to snow mobilers, but I did get some nice photos of the area.

Snow covered Bristal Head

Rio Grande Pyramid in all its grandeur.No one wanted to get out of the car for a photo shoot. At least Doretha waved at me.

We pretty much had the whole area to ourselves.
Looking out over the valley.

We finally saw some wild life, there were 5 elk near the river when we were almost back to South Fork.

Snowmobiling

We went snowmobiling near our place on Monday afternoon. This is John seeing how fast the machine would go.

Some of us were taking time out and sitting on hay bales like ducks in a row.

Joe brought his toboggan and we all took a ride.

Even the dog got in on the action.

John on my Skidoo.

Powder Skiing

We got to ski another day since the pass was closed and the people staying in Pagosa could not get to the ski resort. Usually there are about 5,000 skiiers here and we had the mountain to ourselves!

John did a great job skiing in the powder snow.

Perfect Ski Day at Wolf Creek

On top of the mountain looking down towards the road we travel on to get to the ski resort. On the run you can see a few skiiers.
Top of the mountain looking towards Pagosa Springs, a true winter paradise.

John taking a break. About 2000 folks were on the mountain and we were all alone on this run.

Winter fun in Colorado??

After we got back to Colorado, it snowed for 3 days. John did not think much of our "paradise".







Friday morning there were blue skies and a good day to ski. We got down to the highway and they were not letting traffic through. We waited for about 30 minutes and they let the skiiers go as far the the ski resort. The pass was still closed to Pagosa Springs due to the heavy snowfall.





I took several photos of John on his snowboard, it all came back to him very quickly. Notice the grey snowy sky!! The snow couldn't have been any better, but visiblity was not so good.

After 12 runs he was ready to quit for the day, so was I!

Thiesfeld/Riley Christmas Celebration

Since we were not going to be in Houston for Christmas, we decided to celebrate early. Here is AJ giving Papa a present.

A gift from Auntie Peach.

AJ getting pretty excited about his new toy.

More with AJ.

While visiting the kids, we helped with "honey do" projects.

I made draperies and Michelle hung them.

AJ wanted to help too!

AJ liked spending time with Papa.

He was not so sure about Santa.