Notable Dates:

8: Quit jobs and depart California for Colorado

12: "The Mother of All Ascensions" snowshoe race up Snowmass Mountain – 1800 vertical ft at 10,000 ft altitude

14: Special Valentine’s Day cross-country ski outing for the two lovebirds

25: Moonlight snowshoe walk from Snowmass Mountain to Buttermilk Mountain – 6 miles total

Notable Dates:

7: Perk’s 33^rd Birthday!!

10: Perk departs for New Zealand

16: Vic departs for New Zealand

18: Perkinson family portrait

23: Matt and Bec’s Wedding

27: Perk and Vic depart New Zealand

31: Easter celebration with the Schmidt family in Aspen

Notable Dates:

1: April Fools Day!!

14: Last day of the ski season in Aspen (can you hear us crying?)

15: Aspen Ski Company Employee party on Snowmass mountain

17: Depart Aspen for a 4-day mountain bike trip with Vic’s parents – White Rim Trail, Canyonlands National Park in Utah

21: Complete the White Rim Trail and depart Canyonlands. Spend the night in Moab, Utah

22: Travel south and visit Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

23: Travel west and visit Lake Powell, Utah

24: Travel southwest to the Grand Canyon National Park

25: Begin a 7-day backpacking trip through the Grand Canyon – Spend the first night at Bright Angel Campground on the canyon floor

26-27: Spend the second and third nights at Cottonwood Campground on the north side of the canyon

28: Spend the fourth night at Bright Angel Campground

29-30: Spend the last two nights at Indian Gardens Campground on the south side of the canyon

Notable Dates:

1: Emerge from the Grand Canyon and drive to Flagstaff, Arizona - Immediately seek hot showers and a hot meal

2: Day trip to Sedona and Jerome, Arizona – Spend our second (and last) luxurious night in hotel

3-6: Visit and camp at Lake Havasu, Arizona (home of the original London Bridge)

6: Drive over Hoover Dam and stop off in Las Vegas en route to Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

7-8: Visit Zion National Park, Utah

9-10: Visit Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

12-15: Backpack through Escalante and Capitol Reef, Utah

19: Arrive back in Aspen and do a HUGE load of laundry!

Notable Dates:

6-7: Spend the night at Vic’s parents’ place in Glade Park, Colorado

8: Watch the Gentlemen of Aspen rugby team play for the Super League National Championship – THEY WIN!!!!

11-12: Backpacking trip up to Conundrum Hot Springs and Triangle Pass with Vic’s mom

14: Take Vic’s dad rafting on the Colorado River for Father’s Day gift

16: Spend Father’s Day with Vic’s dad playing tennis, fishing, sailing and whatever else he wants to do!

17: Depart Aspen for our Northwestern trip! First stop, Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah

18: Visit Salt Lake City, Utah

21-22: Visit Hood River, Oregon

23-25: Visit Portland, Oregon and the Oregon/Washington coastline

26: Visit Rainier National Park in Washington

27-29: Backpack along the coast in Olympic National Park

30: Visit Seattle, Washington

Notable Dates:

1-2: Kayak around the San Juan Islands

3-4: Ferry over to Vancouver Island and Victoria, BC

5-7: Visit Vancouver

8-14: Visit and backpack through Jasper National Park, Banff National Park, and Lake Louise

15: Visit Calgary, Alberta

16-18: Visit Glacier National Park in Montana, USA

19-21: Visit Yellowstone National Park and backpack through Teton National Park, Wyoming

23: Arrive back home in Aspen

25: Mountain Bike up Snowmass Mtn

29: Mountain Bike up Aspen Highlands Mtn

31: Summit Mt. Sopris (12,950 ft) in Colorado

Notable Dates:

5: Mountain Bike up Ajax (Aspen) Mtn

7: Mountain Bike up Buttermilk Mtn

9-11: Hike from Aspen to Crested Butte, CO and back

14: Summit Colorado's highest peak, Mt. Elbert, 14,433 ft.

21: Leave Aspen and drive east

23: Arrive in Washington, DC

Notable Dates:

1: Depart DC and visit Philadelphia en route to New York City

2-4: Spend time with Vic’s family in NYC and watch the US Open tennis tournament

5: Visit Newport, Rhode Island

6-13: Spend a week on a time share on Cape Cod, Mass. THANK YOU Anne and Martin Perkinson!

14-15: Visit friends in Boston, Mass.

16-18: Visit Bar Harbour and Acadia National Park, Maine

19-20: Check out the fall foliage of Vermont and New Hampshire

21: Visit Vic’s alma mater, Cornell University

22-26: Visit friend Anneke in Toronto

27-29: Visit friends in Chicago

30: Arrive back home in Aspen

Notable Dates:

19: Depart Aspen and head west towards California

27: Depart LA for NZ

29: Arrive in NZ!