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Day One begins for Bryan with early rising and dressing in borrowed layers of ski clothes. - IMG_0158
View from the window of the hotel in Casablanca where the airline put us up for the 12-hour layover. - IMG_2970
It's the morning of our first ski outing: Solitude. We huddle around the computer. - PICT0002
Cameron perches on the couch, ready to go. - IMG_3270
Cameron pores over one tough puzzle. - IMG 3276
Victory! The puzzlers pose with their prey. - PICT0035
On the morning of the third day, as they head to the other side of the mountain, the intrepid group stops for a photo op. (Leslie, Bryan, masked Cameron, Mom) - IMG_0893
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Time for teamwork! - IMG_0185
dried blowfish, harbor - IMG_3247
At Snowbird, they've actually drilled a hole through the mountain with a conveyor belt you take to get to the backside. - PICT0037
Mom and Dad, on the long, slow trek across the side of the mountain. - IMG 3279
Just like the picture on the box! - IMG_3252
Cameron nibbles the chocolaty outside of a Butterfinger so that she can suck on its innards. - PICT0008
Cameron, poised on the slope. - IMG_3255
Coming home from day two, a view of the smog over Salt Lake City that (we're told) only collects in the winter. - IMG 3272
It's our last night--do or die for the puzzle. We choose "do." - IMG_2971
We arrive at Solitude, park in the front row, and grab a trail map to plot our morning's skiing. - PICT0039
Specks Dad and Bryan (now on a snowboard), enter Bachelor Gulch. - IMG_3253
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The puzzle finished, there's nothing left but to head home. Here, a photo from the gas station where we filled up the rental car before turning it in. - PICT0032
Cameron pours over the map-of-the-world puzzle. - PICT0038
Cameron (on the left) and some other specks enter Bachelor Gulch. - IMG_3241
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Bryan and Dad try on rental boots. - IMG_2974
Leslie shows off her scraped knee. Wicked blood stain! - IMG_3240
Done with walking, he slides down. - IMG_0184
open enrollment! - IMG_2975
More top-of-the-mountain shots from solitude. - PICT0006
Dad, Bryan, and Cameron head for the first lift line of the trip.