Until next year.....hopefully!

 We hope Marco skis forever on the World Cup, because, being at Beaver Creek with buds in early December feels so right after more than a decade of doing it.  

Woa, Chels and I even got out for a few laps together.  

 Dash, Hannah, and Audra, aka, pure awesomeness.  

 Fam..'

 Dash chillin with his aunt and uncle.  

 U grab me, I will grab you, then you grab him.  

 Paul, hanging with his bff for the weeked Max, and the eagle of course.  

 Babba Nans, better get on back to Wyo to see this dude sooner than later!

My boy! 

Never really roughing it

 Beaver Creek always lives up to its motto of "Not Exactly Roughing it".   Dash and Hannah spent a ton of time together as they were the only two lil ones in our condo.  

 Dash with the American Downhiller crew.  This is another one Dash that you will really appreciate as the time goes by.  Dash with Uncle Marco, Travis Ganong, Jared Goldberg, and Steven Nyman.  Best of luck this winter boys.  Jackson Family Robinson will be pulling for ya.  

 Dash and "Pops" discussing the finer merits of a solid ski turn.  

 Getting to ski with such good buds is so much fun.  I am always amazed at what a ripping crew that we have.  Warp hot speed laps all afternoon all of the days.  

 And some pow turns for good measure.  Such good people!  

 The brothers Kean came to prom ready to rock in roll, clearly.  

 And meal teams were back and better than ever!  

 Pretty much essential beavfest.

Sharing of mutual toys. 

And so it was...

 Eleven years in a row is a long time to go to any same weekend event, but when you have family on the World Cup and as many absolutely amazingly awesome buds as we are lucky enough to have, whom we only see once a year a lot of them, it's a no brainer.  

Dash n Chels, on  one of the few stops we made on the way down.  Dash really is a full road trip warrior, and Chels, the best entertainer!  

 One really never knows just how long Uncle Marco is going to be able to keep it going skiing on the USST, so, this year seemed extra rad given that Dash was able to watch his favorite uncle ski on the highest level.  Someday Dash will look back at these photos when he is a lil racer and be in awe!  

 The Marco Rocks fan club was back and bigger than ever.  I think we counted over 60 strong this year.  It's hard to compare all eleven years, but....., many a friend mentioned that this year was their fav!  

 Dash and his mom, getting ready for Uncle Marco to take center stage.  

 Tahoe was well represented between the Marco Rocks Fan Club and the Go Ganong cheering squad.  Marco Man, aka Keelan, took down the house per usual.  

 Absolutely everything about this photo makes me happy!  

 Big fans...

 Pretty much all the usual and awesome suspects of the club made it this year including Angeline, Lizzy, and Errol.

 There wasn't a whole hell of a lot to celebrate with Marco's run (He DNF'd), but the fan club could obviously care less!  We support the ol boy no matter what.  

 And.......Keelan aka Marco Man won a brand new Go Pro for being the best fan on the day, that was presented by Marco.  

 Keelan, newly walking Caleb, and Meri.  Pretty amazing to think that Beaverfest brought these rad peeps together as a couple what seemed like just yesterday. 

Beavfest added three kids this year.  The Graces, annual attendees who come all the way from Florida, and have traveled to Europe with us to cheer on Marco also came with their new lil one Hannah.  The lil kids added such a great new element to the mix.  More photos to come this week. 

Go Uncle Marco.

Someone is getting very, very excited to go watch his uncle ski some World Cup in one month from now! 

Keep skiing Marco.....

 Selfishly.......we wish the Beav could happen every year for the rest of our lives!  It is such a fun gathering of our good buds, many of whom we only see once a year.  It is astounding how far people travel to hang out, support Marco, and ski early season groomers!  So Marco, four our sake, keep skiing as long as you can!  

Me, skiing as fast as the speed of light...

 Yea Rena, love this shot!

 Lizzy, and her European boyfriend "Schnudler" being festive.

 Shannon and Zoe, leaving no guessing as to what their favorite colors are.

 You guys are awesome.

 Back of a happy beaver truck.

 Meri, Joni, Keelan, and lil Caleb.

So goooooood.

 I feel like the crew skied harder this year than much of any of the years in the past.  Right after the races finished we b-lined to the lifts and went hard at it until last chair.  Big posse skiing really fast.  Super fun.  

Emily and Chels being awesome.  

 I love skiing!

 Celebrating 31 weeks skiing with good buds.  

 Des, representing the 307 in a strong kind of way.  

 You see it all at the Beav.  World Cup racers loading a chair ahead of I don't really know what?  Ski boots with skis on the bottom?  Modern era Bigfoots?

Yea, the rumors are true.  Skiing at Beaver Creek involves escalators. 

The Beav does it again.

 Has it really been a decade of going to Colorado early every December to go and root on Marco and the rest of the USST boys at the Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek?  Yep.  A lot has changed in those ten year, but a lot has stayed the same.  Great friends and family, World Cup ski racing, and a ton of tun.  

Perhaps my favorite picture of the weekend, Chels, ripping a groomer arc at the end of the day heading back to the Beaver Creek village.  Chels wasn't sure if she wanted to ski or not this year, but ultimately decided she was as comfortable skiing as she is walking.  So, she and the lil' one made a whole bunch of badass turns.  

 The Beavfest originators.  

 Many of the old school beav fest posse and a few rookies to boot.  Always such an amazing gathering of our buds.

 Chels and Rena at the finish.  

 Caleb and his ol man, Keelan.  We were so pumped to finally get to meet Caleb.  He was the raddest!  

A ubiquitous sight at the Beav.....Chels getting interviewed by TV channels.