TR: Skiing at Squaw

What a fun weekend! Earl and I were lucky because we drove ourselves (and dog) and did not have to cram ourselves in with the rest of the group.  Because of this, we pulled into the house in Carnelian Bay about two hours before his co-workers arrived, and had our pick of bedrooms.

The house we stayed in was GORGEOUS and HUGE.  8 bedrooms, sleeps 24, and currently on the market for 5.5 million.  Oof.  We decided it would be jerky of us to take the master bedroom just because we were the first people to arrive, so we settled in to a cozy loft-style bedroom, back in its very own section of the house.

Earl reporting in that we’ve arrived in the game room.

game room

Check out that corgi grin- someone is happy to be out of the car!

corgi grin

Can you spot the corgi?  Fireplace in our “wing”

do you see Linus?

We did a teeth-brushing so Linus had fresh breath for co-workers.  Our bedroom was very cozy and this bed was SUPER comfy.

pre-coworker meeting teeth-brushing

Our heart-shaped jacuzzi.  How silly

heart-shaped tub

Relaxing waiting for everyone else to show

relaxing

Skiing!  Thought this shot came out very cute.  In the reflection next to me to my right is Earl’s boss, who I spent most of Saturday morning skiing with.

cool shot of reflection

The first day at the mountain was a little tough because there were so many skiers of different levels.  We had absolute beginners on their first day ever taking lessons, people needing to rent gear, etc.  We also didn’t really specify where to meet for lunch until the last minute and a few people weren’t able to find it.  It was a gorgeous blue-sky day with warmish temps.  The mountain was beautiful.

Squaw Mountain

Snow corgi

Linus in the snow

Apres-ski, they were serving grilled buttered corn on the cob.  We let Linus have a bite (JUST a bite):

Mmm, corn!

Even though we weren’t all able to figure out where to meet for lunch on the mountain, we did manage to regroup fireside back at the home.

back at the house, getting warm by the fire

Saturday evening dinner- we feasted on three types of pasta, eggplant parm, and salad.  E and I are in the back right corner.

group dinner

Sunday it was raining at the base and snowing at the top.  Once we took the gondola up, we just stayed on top of the mountain and skied the lifts that stayed above 7000 ft, where it was snowing. Didn’t even keep my camera on me because I was worried it would get soaked!

The good thing about the rain at the base was it kept the crowds away.  We didn’t wait in a lift line all day, and also got lots of fresh tracks skiing off the back of the mountain.

Sunday evening we met up with my friend Dom, who was at Straightline Camp a few weeks ago, and is an attorney in Truckee.  He took us to Bar of America, in downtown Truckee for a fantastic meal.  I didn’t take any photos of dinner because I had left my camera in the center console of the Jeep from when it was raining before.

It snowed and rained the ENTIRE way home (and traffic was killer on I-80, we were lucky Dom knew some backroads to avoid a few pile-ups coming over the pass).  The Jeep was filthy when we got back!  Took her in for a wash this afternoon.  We need to get an oil change soon, and I always am bit paranoid of bringing in a dirty car to be serviced.  Hence the wash.

carwash after a long weekend of snow, slush and mud