Breckenridge Snow Sculptures

Every year Breckenridge hosts a snow carving competition that includes teams from all over the world.  As soon as I heard about it, I knew that it would be a really neat thing to go see.  We have had a crazy week but were able to visit the sculptures the day before they were taken down.  It feels like a different world up in Breckenridge.  At our home there is no snow.  We are not wearing jackets.  It does not feel like winter.  Colorado has totally tricked us into thinking they have white winters.  But once we arrived in Breckenridge, it finally felt right.  There was beautiful fresh snow everywhere.  The skiing looked wonderful.  And people were actually walking around in coats and mittens. 

Our girls wasted no time playing in the snow.  It was perfect packing snow and even McKenzie could squeeze it together to make a decent snowball to throw at me or Jeremy. 

On the way to the viewing area, we found a small playground the girls played at. 

A snow sculpture they could actually play on...or be thrown through since it was so slippery on the inside of that tunnel.

Ice carvings of the sponsors.

And a dry stream bed that lent itself to perfect natural slides. 

By the time we made it to the sculptures McKenzie was already worn out.  So to make it more interesting we tried to recreate some of the more interesting sculptures. 

The girls reinacting the faces of the seven deadly sins. 

 

One the back side of that sculpture was a fat man, Jeremy did his best to immitate him.

 

McKenzie escaping from the belly of a bear (An Inuit fable)

 

Mongolian Warriors

 

An ostrich egg

 

Two angels (picture taken by Cambrie..not too shabby)

 

Icelandic patterns

I was really glad we were able to make it up there.  However, it also came with a little bit of longing.  Last year Jeremy and I attended a time share presentation at Grand Lodge Peak 7.  It was absolutely amazing!  We were totally sold on the idea of the time share, and the location was more than ideal.  The salesman worked with us to get it at a price we could afford, and we did it.  We hadn't even made it out of the canyon, however, when Jeremy started to panic.  We realized that this part of our dream couldn't happen now and that we needed stop the transaction.  Luckily Grand Lodge was very understanding and ultimately we didn't leave with a new vacation home after all.  Being up there again brought back all of those memories and made us realize how much we really love that kind of lifestyle.  Ah...dreaming of dreams.