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Our Rocky Mountain vacations stood in sharp contrast
to our family's daily life in suburban Chicago.
The personable and talented ski school instructors
taught our sons the appropriate skiing etiquette and
the required skills to become expert skiers. Within no
time, they were able to master the most challenging
slopes on the mountain. The lessons they learned
helped mold their emerging personalities. While I followed
behind our maturing sons
on expert slopes, I was no longer
able to maintain their pace or
speed.
Our sons' enthusiasm was contagious.
Our two youngest sons
were eager to follow in their
brothers' footsteps. Before the
age of three, our youngest children
were riding the chairlift to
the top of the mountain. Almost
all of our vacations, from
November to April, were spent
on the slopes. Our two oldest
sons worked as Keystone
Resort ski instructors while
in college. To make our trips
easier, we purchased mountain
property. Eventually, we
relocated our primary residence
to Colorado.
After our children became adults, we spent less and
less time skiing together as a family. Occasionally,
we would ski with one or two of our sons. While this
was not what we had anticipated, we acknowledged
our adult children's freedom to make their own
choices. It became increasingly challenging for five
family units to find a mutually agreeable ski day.
Meanwhile, Ira and I continued to enjoy our time
together on the slopes and worked around the
orthopedic issues associated with the aging process
and unexpected accidents.
During the 2020-2021 ski season, the state-mandated
restrictions caused many families to be isolated
from one another. While these government
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policies created new rules
at Colorado ski resorts, the ski lifts continued
to operate. After ski resorts abruptly closed last
spring, skiers and boarders were once again able to
enjoy the majesty of bluebird days.
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Sandy Bornstein is an award-winning travel and lifestyle writer. She is
the author of May This Be the Best Year of Your Life and is a member of
the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and the North American
Travel Journalists Association (NATJA). Here is how to reach Sandy:
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