Posted by: Becca
It’s Memorial Day weekend, the beaches are officially open....and so are the slopes. We skied Horseshoe Mountain on Saturday. It’s about 30 minutes from the cabin. The road to the trailhead was closed, so we had to walk a ways carrying our skis. We eventually hit snow and were able to skin up almost to the top, but it required some hiking to reach the top. The summit of this 72nd highest peak in Colorado is at 13898 ft.
Kyle hiking up.

Looking down.

The view from the top.


Taking some turns.

Sunday it snowed at the cabin. While it was great to get a day of skiing in, we’ve had our fill of snow, so we headed back to Manitou and fixed up the garden. The pictures don’t quite do it justice.

Columbine is the state flower.

An iris just because.

We thought some before and after shots might be fun. Here is the garden in 2008 (the summer we moved in).

And today.

2008 side view.

And now.

And to wrap things up...the official start of summer is when the garden frog appears.