John Denver. . . NO, John NEAR Denver's place

ohn has done some serious remodeling in his condo since a year ago on our last visit - new carpet, new very comfy leather couch and recliner, new "mud" and paint on the walls in the living room, bathroom and bedroom, new bathroom tile floor (with heat under it!) and walls around the tub/shower repainted combo, new vanity and lights, and more that I'm not mentioning no doubt!

Faith has her corner under the heater to stay safe away from the intruders. She's a great dog - like John's roommate said - you'd never know she was there! The saw to the right is evidence that John is still doing more remodeling - he wants to replace a door which means replacing a wall he'll have to cut into.

(This picture shows the nice new paint job on John's condo, Aspen Shadows, done this year.) John took Ryan back to the airport Tuesday morning before going to work at the Keystone stables at 1. That left us with no place to go but back to the slopes for two more days of skiing - what a hardship. . . though we did miss Ryan. We spent some time with Carrie on Wed. morning - her last day too. They went to Keystone to ski on Tuesday.



Being able to see (and usually ski with) John when we make these trips is a big part of why we keep going back. He's settled right in there and knows how to make us feel right welcome. It's hard to imagine what it would be like, though, living at that elevation all the time. We sure got winded climbing up to his 3rd floor condo every day. But we noticed this year that we didn't suffer other ill effects of the elevation and had better endurance on the slopes, thanks to our hour-a-day walking since September. We really should add to our exercise regimen a monthly long weekend to ski out there probably. We'll let you know when we're coming, John ;)