Before we left Vail, Rori and I recreated some of my favorite photos, some on purpose, some by chance. We went back to my old house, and Rori took a picture of me by the bridge.
Table of Contents
- Part I: Nineteen years-old with a one-way ticket to Vail, no job, no house, and no plan
- Part II: Returning to Vail for the first time in 30 years, failing to summit Grand Traverse, and my daughter heads to CU Boulder
- Part III: Bucket list trip to Vail 32 years later with Rori
- Part IV: Attempting to summit Grand Traverse Peak with my daughter
- Part V: Reaching the top of Grand Traverse Peak!
- Part VI: A photo guide to summiting Grand Traverse Peak from Deluge Lake for non-technical hikers
- Part VII: Celebrating with a gondola ride and a sentimental walk around Vail
- Part VIII: Meeting a kindred spirit by chance – an EPIC Gore Range moment
- Part IX: Recreating a few fun 1994 memories with photos
- Part X: Saying goodbye to the Gore Range and closing a chapter
I grabbed some photos of our old house, and it was fun to see that not much had changed. Back in the day, I kept all of my belongings in the small cabinet next to the fireplace. It was still the same. The fireplace stone had been improved but was very similar.
Rori took a picture recreating one of my favorite photos of Caleb standing at the bus stop… 32 years later.
I accidentally took a picture of a spot where I was standing in a photo from 30 years ago in front of our house.
I told Rori that Caleb worked on the Zamboni, cleaning the parking lots, and we just happened to see the Zamboni… so I hopped onto it!
And as fate would have it, we walked past a hat store, and I recognized it from when I tried on hats with my dad when my mom and dad came to visit me for a weekend in 1994. The store had painted over the wooden walls, but otherwise it was almost exactly the same store 30 years later…Wild Bill’s Emporium. We spent a long time talking to the woman working there. She had climbed Grand Traverse many times. Every local in Vail has a great story!
Table of Contents
- Part I: Nineteen years-old with a one-way ticket to Vail, no job, no house, and no plan
- Part II: Returning to Vail for the first time in 30 years, failing to summit Grand Traverse, and my daughter heads to CU Boulder
- Part III: Bucket list trip to Vail 32 years later with Rori
- Part IV: Attempting to summit Grand Traverse Peak with my daughter
- Part V: Reaching the top of Grand Traverse Peak!
- Part VI: A photo guide to summiting Grand Traverse Peak from Deluge Lake for non-technical hikers
- Part VII: Celebrating with a gondola ride and a sentimental walk around Vail
- Part VIII: Meeting a kindred spirit by chance – an EPIC Gore Range moment
- Part IX: Recreating a few fun 1994 memories with photos
- Part X: Saying goodbye to the Gore Range and closing a chapter
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