Today is Father’s Day, but rather than focusing on myself, I’m thinking of my dad as is Lori of all of hers. Ty did sneak out of dinner last night in Aspen and run across the street to buy me a couple of presents and a card. He was so excited he had to give me the presents last night. I made him wait on the card until this morning.
We woke up (at least Lori and I as the boys are still sleeping) in paradise again meaning our mansion that we have all to ourselves. Yesterday we had some breakfast at one of our favorite spots and then drove up to Aspen where we dropped the truck and took the Rolls as it’s a convertible and the kids like it. Looking at our sunburns this morning we probably should have skipped the convertible. Anyhow we headed over to our friends Arron and Barbara’s home (which is a palatial mountain home unlike anything you’ve ever seen and is for sale for $34 million!) as they have a private lake with a waterfall and a bunch of boats like kayaks, canoe’s and a floating trampoline you jump off of into the lake. We let the boys play for over an hour before heading into town for some ice cream and to walk around. Soon it was time to run back to our home away from home and shower before heading back in for dinner. We went to Ty’s favorite place which is an Asian restaurant with about 12 people. He spoke Mandarin to the owner Frank and the wait staff. Finally at 8:30 we ducked out and headed home for the night.
Friday a Mom up here in Aspen here fought off a mountain lion, or kitty cat as we call them in the mountains, who had pounced on her two year old. Like they say, don’t mess with mama! You do have to watch yourself up here with kitty cats and bears as they are out.
This morning after washing the sheets and cleaning up around here we’ll head back into town for a while and then take off for Vail this afternoon. Wish you were all here, we have plenty of room with all these empty bedrooms. The view out the master bedroom is unbelievable. By the way, here’s out tentipi! It’s from Sweden and is used across the globe from the Arctic to Mongolia to Australia. There’s not too many of them here in the U.S. as most people are not aware of them. It’s pretty darn cool. So have a great day and take a moment to remember your Dad as Dad’s are pretty special! Ha.
GB