While I was sitting on a bench outside the middle school waiting for Jamuna and Taryn I saw Mike and Destiny walking toward me. We have a lot of connections to Destiny. She grew up in Rapid City and had Mrs. White as her violin teacher so consequently we have a bunch of mutual friends. One of those friends is Taryn so it was a surprise for both of them to see each other here in Aspen. Here's a group shot:
We booked our rafting trip for tomorrow afternoon. We had invited the Lilleslatten's to join us but there were no trips available that worked with their schedule. We promised each other that next summer we will make it work. Of course, I'll report on this tomorrow (or Friday).
After all the lessons and practicing we made a point of getting some exercise. Taryn went for a run while Jamuna and Maya rode bikes with her. Abe joined them on a Razor scooter. I took off on the bike to get a CD of Maya's masterclass but the dub office closed at 4 PM. On my way back I ran into Natalie (not literally) as she was riding into town. It is always fun to see someone out of context like that. We had a quick but nice visit.
As I was riding up to the duplex I saw that a property a couple of houses down was having an open house so I dropped in for a quick look. Then back to the dupe for the clean up then off we all went for dinner and the opera. We ate at a place called Junk, the name being derived primarily from the decor which was mostly junk. The food may have also been an inspiration.
After dinner it was off to the opera. West Side Story was performed by the AMFS opera students and musicians. It was very well done. The three Lilleslatten kids were part of the cast - very cool. Since this was a benefit performance most of the seats sold for $1000 each (not ours!). We were lucky to be rubbing elbows with the Aspen elite.
I didn't take many photos yesterday so will make up for it today and tomorrow.
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