Steamboat Springs Interview
11/17/2005 09:54:00 AM
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OK, part two of three in our Steamboat series.
Sunday
D and I woke up at about 8:15 at the B&B to a lovely breakfast of "stuffed" French toast - basically, French toast with cream cheese - heavy, decadent, and wonderfully tasty. Fresh fruit, coffee (stronger today!), and OJ.
After breakfast we headed upstairs to shower and get dressed, our plan being to do that and head into town before getting picked up at 10:30. Actually, while Dana was upstairs showering, I did head into town as I didn't pack any gloves and wanted to go get a pair.
I headed to a bike/ski shop two blocks away but they weren't open until 10 (it was a hair after 9am at this point), so I walked across the street to a fly fishing store that I noticed had outdoor gear (coats, etc) earlier in the weekend. I walked in and looked around (the man behind the counter was busy with another customer), and when he saw me waiting for him he asked if he could help me - I told him I was looking for a pair of gloves and he told me what he had but none of it was very appropriate - really he just had fishing gloves. So, he hopped behind the counter and picked up the phone to call a buddy of his down the street, to see if they were open.
He was on the phone for a bit (obviously talking to a buddy) and sent me down the street to Straightline, a fishing/skiing/outdoors store a couple blocks away.
I walked over there and started talking to the guy behind the counter (I had been introduced on the phone as "a guy looking for a pair of gloves"), introduced myself as the "glove guy", and told him what I was looking for.
I picked out a cheap (but nice!) light pair of Mountain Hardwear gloves, and talked to the guy at the counter - basically told him our story - why we were in town, that D was interviewing for a Peds position and did sports medicine, where we were staying... It came out that the guy behind the counter was dating a girl who works at the B&B that we met, and that he's the coach for the junior high/middle school football team, and would love to have a sports medicine doc around in addition to their trainer (whom he doesn't trust). Already with connections in Steamboat! We shook hands (he threw in some chapstick that I wanted to get) and he gave me his card in case we come back and the team wants a doc.
So, I headed back to the B&B, showered, and got dressed for the showshoe expedition. As I mentioned before, we were going to head into town beforehand, but as it turned out we didn't have much time.
So we waited in the B&B living room (the foyer is pictured here), had some tea and read the paper(s) until we were picked up.
We hopped in the car with Ron, Lisa, and Primo (their 4-month old baby) and headed up to the summit of Rabbit Ears Pass. It was getting pretty "gnarly" up there (a word I hadn't heard in years before our trip to Steamboat) with snow and slush, and the Range Rover slid around a bit - it was a little nerve-wracking but not too bad, and once we got to the top we parked, hopped out, and started getting outfitted.
Ron gave me a pair of snowpants and borrowed snowshoes, D got some snowshoes and thingies that covered her boot/pant interface (couldn't tell you what they're called - but they were like this: aah. gaiters), and off we went.
Overall, snowshoeing is a lot like...well, like walking. On snow. With big platforms on your feet. Personally, it was a lot of work for my ankles (I was told that the pair I had didn't have a great binding system), but otherwise nothing too difficult. I only fell over once, when the tail of one of my snowshoes got caught under the front of another. Luckily, I just tripped in some snow. Dana and Ron kind of took off ahead, and I lagged behind, with Lisa behind me. Ron had Primo strapped to his chest so just his little head was poking out of Ron's jacket. He kept sticking his little tongue out (Primo, that is, not Ron) as if to taste the air - really cute.
The snow was falling around us, and it was really like a winter wonderland up there - a welcome break from the 80-90 degree temps in Houston we've been having, and quite possibly the only snow we'll see all winter. As I mentioned, I was falling behind (Ron kept up quite the clip), but on the downhills I caught up just fine, and Lisa was kind enough to not overtake me and leave me in the dust. We had a good conversation the whole time, though - talked about Steamboat, cycling, and the practice. Overall, we were out for about an hour, and by the end I was one overheating monster (though again, on the flats and downhills everything was fine. I just had to push things a little when we were climbing).
We got back to the car and the snow was still coming down, got un-geared (I didn't want to say undressed, lest you all get the wrong impression), and headed back to Steamboat for some lunch at the Slopeside grill.
We had a couple beers each and everyone but me got burgers (I got chili and a salad), and we talked more about the practice. Dana dropped the bomb (as we had discussed she must do, since nobody was taking the next step) and asked what the next step was (in the grand interview scheme of things). Ron told her that everyone (he, Lisa, Sheila and Wes) were going to meet that night and discuss, that he would like some references from Dana, and that he'd get back to us soon, but that he thought that Dana would work well in their practice.
We continued lunch with some more discussion and Ron and Lisa brought us back to the B&B. We said our goodbye's (Sheila and Wes were picking us up at 3 to head to the airport), and we thanked them again for the great time and their hospitality.
Then D and I changed, got some more tea, and waited for Sheila and Wes to show up. They did, we loaded up the car, and the five of us (they brought their 18-month old Jonah along for the ride) headed out to the airport in the now steadily-falling snow.
I got an automatic update from United, though, that our flight was on time, and Ron had called Dana to let her know that he checked online and we were going to be able to get out no problem.
To Be Continued...
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5 Comments:
I wonder, since all the members of the practice have newborns, that if Dana is offered the job and decides to take it, will little Fitz's be that far off?
And if so, will they come out fully bearded?
Sounds like a nice trip so far...
posted at 11:43 AM
Talk about a hairy baby!
posted at 12:09 PM
We just need to locate Kidzilla to figure it out!
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posted at 1:54 PM
Of course, the obligatory name would be 'Segundo'.
posted at 9:35 AM
I actually brought that up to Ron (the name 'Segundo'), because after all, it just makes sense. Apparently they're happy with Primo solo. :)
(As a totally off-topic aside, everyone should watch the movie Big Night, in which two brothers are named Primo and Segundo. Their names have little to do with the story, but it's awesome. Actually, I think I watched it in a Denver theater with my brother and sister, actually. Funny how one remembers the little details.)
posted at 12:21 PM
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