by Skittles
After such a great time at Shelf, we packed up the Hurricane and started up Hwy 9 en route to Vail. Vail? Yes, Vail! Turns out that our friends from Team JTree Cycling have a sick place in Vail that they are fortunate enough to visit 40 days out of the year. Rough life!!! 
Our friends the Kozole’s were gracious enough to invite David, Torrent and I up to their place as we made our way thru CO en route to UT for a day or two of play. With that offer, there was no way that we could say no, so thus began a rather trecherous drive to meet up with Rick and Deb.
Thus far into our trip, the Hurricane had mostly stuck to dry or wet roads and this was the first time that it had experienced snow! Driving Hwy 9 as we approached Breckenridge from the south started to become more and more snowy, the speed limits slower, the roads twisty-er and now snow covered. Despite conditions, the Hurricane made it thru like a champ, not slipping on the snowy roads once! Shout out to Driver David who held it down on the switch backs while I was freakin’ out in the front seat. 
The next two days in Vail were straight out of a dirtbag’s dream! Deluxe accomodations: check. Lift tickets: check. Personal tour of the best trails on the mountain: check. Hot tub: check. Chillin’ with fantastic friends: check.
OMG - talk about heaven! When our short stay in Vail came to an end, we all were on Cloud 9. I can’t wait to hook up with the Kozole’s again, perhaps for some climbing at Shelf?
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