In 2003, the Ardia men took a ski vacation to Steamboat Springs, CO

My Dad can still rip it up in his late 50s

My brother still has the same skiing grace he had as a ski instructor in Park City years ago

And I still need to drop my front knee more. This trip was the last hurrah for my old tele gear (note my leather boots)

Dave contemplates the vast expanse (and Forest Service policy)

Lots of fresh snow

Against my better judgment I tackle the trees

Dave and his s$%t-eating grin

A self-timer reveals discrepancies in the tilt of the earth

on rented tele gear (note the plastic boots)--- what a difference

Blue- the family fashion color

Spring skiing!

I liked this shot with the snow on roof lines

Hard at work on the pistachios. Also on this trip I was introduced to poker on TV (this was right before the Texas hold-em' craze took of). I turned on ESPN2 to Gabe Kaplan (of Welcome Back Kotter fame) commentating the World Series of Poker.