Arrived in Aspen

We arrived in Aspen this afternoon and are now settling into our rental condo for the summer.  We stopped over last night in Ft. Collins, CO so had a relatively easy day on the road both yesterday and today.  The van was full but made it up to Aspen (elevation approximately 7900 feet above sea level) without any trouble.  The condo is nice, with four decent bedrooms and a nice kitchen and sitting area.  It was warm today and we learned that this place does not have AC.  I think that will be OK since it cools down in to the 40s F at night.

We have already met a very nice man (Jeff) who lives in the same building.  It was neat that on our walk back from dinner at Little Annie's (delicious) I saw someone energetically waving at us.  It was Jeff and his lady-friend. So, we know people in town and have already run into them on the street.

I found out that very few (if any) residential addresses in Aspen receive mail delivery and that everyone has a PO box.  We are Netflix subscribers and I had already switched our delivery address to this condo.  So...I had to go to the post office to inquire about receiving mail.  The gentleman there said we aught to just have mail sent to general delivery.  That will give me a nice excuse to take a 45 minute walk a few times each week.

We still have a lot to discover here at the condo and in the area.  We did stop a the Chamber of Commerce booth downtown (just a few blocks away) and collected information about a wide variety of available activities.  We will want to find a tennis court and a swimming pool right away.  I found out that the fly fishing is quite good, and accessible.

Tomorrow we will pick up one of the girls' violin teachers who will be here with us for a few weeks to help Maya with practicing and preparing for her various challenges at the Aspen Music School.  We will also get Maya registered at the school tomorrow.  Friday Prema will arrive for a couple of weeks.  On Sunday Jamuna and Abe will depart DIA to attend a music camp in Dallas.  After dropping the kids off at the airport I hope to meet up with my friend John, a Yellowstone Association volunteer program assistant whom I have come to know over the past few years.  We will caravan to the park where I will be taking a field course at the Yellowstone Association Institute and he will be returning after a brief break to his duties at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch.

No photos yet today but they will follow soon.  I hope to make an entry in this blog every day for our future reminiscence and to keep interested friends and family informed about our summer activities.