Annual Hut Trip

The weekend of Jan. 31, we took our annual hut trip. This year we visited the Peter Estin hut. The ski in was absolutely beautiful. I ended up spending most of the day by myself which was so peaceful. Michael spent the hike with Kitty and Ivy. He's such a good sport. He started on his telemark skiis but then the three of them traded gear. Michael took Ivy's split board, Kitty had Michael's skis and Ivy had Kitty's snowshoes. We followed the Ironedge Trail to the hut. It was 4.4 mile hike-ski with a 2000 foot elevation gain. Yes, it was steep but I felt great all the way up!

Once at the hut, we settled in for a 2-night stay. The worse thing that happened is I realized that I had left the chicken and the bacon in the freezer at home. Needless to say, I had a melt-down. I know that people didn't really care because we had tons of food but it was that they had paid for the meat and my plan wasn't coming together as planned. Fajitas was on the menu but because the chicken was home in the freezer another planned had to come together. Leave it to my wonderful friends who are cooks, the onions, peppers, cheese, black beans and tortillas made wonderful 'fajitas'. Also, breakfast the following morning was such an easy clean-up without bacon grease everywhere.

Overall the trip was wonderful. It's so nice to get 'away from it all - no cell phone, no TV - just good 'ol time.

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