DATELINE: BEAVER CREEK 7:30 PM MOUNTAIN

Tanya may be on the beach somewhere (I think) but those of us in Beaver Creek are sunning and sweating just as much! Daytime highs are mid 60s and it’s sunny! Lot’s of fried faces walking around. (Dr. Toledo’s office is going to be busy soon) . . . . Seeing lots of Parkies navigating the morning chaos that is ski school.

Lots of people are in Vail, too. Want to share with you a story about two of the nicest people ever to grace the PC scene . . . Debra and Lewis Ropp. Debra and Lewis were on the slopes in Vail Monday and saw a Ski Patrol 911 message board that read “Connor Cook’s parents call Ski Patrol - serious injury.” Connor Cook is my 6th grade son’s name so Debra, thinking it was my son, called Ski Patrol and learned that the injured Connor Cook is from Dallas and his parent’s couldn’t be found. Debra and her son, Bo, thinking it was my son, went to the Vail hospital to comfort this little boy who turned out to be a different Connor Cook from Dallas. I don’t know how the other Connor Cook is - I hope he’s OK. But Debra was so awesome to make the effort. That is true greatness. Thank you, Debra!

More later . . .