Aspen-Snowmass – January 14-21, 2006

            Aspen - French word for I spend or you spend depending on your perspective. Thus we didn't spend very much after we arrived. We did see that you could spend a lot of money if you wish! It was like little kids looking through the window, ok to look but you can't come into the candy store!  OH what a place the snow was immaculate, and the runs where all challenging. But enough about me, anytime you can go out west the skiing is so much better than south eastern skiing.  ETMM brought home a lot of hardware, so of my own, my first GOLD NASTAR medal, plus a few other tokens of my skiing ability, and a lot more by the other ETMM MEMBERS.
            One member stands out for myself, my skiing pardoner, she started out on Monday with a 71 handicap, and ended the week with a 46 NASTAR handicap and two bronze medals and two silver medals pretty good for someone that has only ran gates twice and has never raced in serious competition. My hat is off to too Helga Mitchell, Mark (Mabry) you may need to recruit her she is sure she can get a GOLD,  I am sure she is very competitive and can achieve any goal she set's!
Looking forward to ALASKA next year hope to see you there.

                                                                                                                        Fred Rowland