Almost Made It

Finally got around to putting the new front bumper and sliders on… looks pretty sweet! The steps on the sliders are removable which are even cooler! Can’t wait to test them out.. they are pretty beefy and solid.

You can check out the installation and more pics of the bumpers and sliders here!

I have been troubleshooting the bronco for so long now i haven’t even had a chance to test drive it so decided to try it out this last weekend.  I took it on a small loop up through Mt Evans and Idaho Springs on Saturday and shot a few pics here and there. What looks like a sky run is actually Echo Mountain ski area, which is pretty darn small!

Here are some quick pics.

For once i actually  surprised Jenni with something. We headed off to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado for her birthday, she didnt’ know until we pulled up to the parking lot! My ruse was heading off to Steamboat and I told her we were going a different way because of the weather… We had a fantastic romantic and quiet weekend, really a welcome respite to our busy schedules and from the holiday bustle.

The hotel is famous for the movie The Shining, by Stephen King – I guess you can say its their thing. Apprently Stephen King was inspired by the hotel while he was staying there and changed the story based on a winter hotel rather then an amusement park. They show the movie 24 hours a day on channel 42 as well as Jay Leno driving a Stanley Steamer on channel 43, some funny stuff. The place is pretty old, actually its  about the same age as our house at 100 years (built in 1909 or so), so being as large as it is and “quaint” it gets kinda spooky around the place at night.

For more photos click here.

Every-time i go to the gym at Wash Park there are hundreds of geese and ducks lingering around waiting for the woman who passes out bread from her car. She sits here with her lights on and stands in the middle of these birds and feeds them, just to the right there is a sign that says, Please don’t feed the ducks and geese – go figure… anyway I pulled up last night and it was like wild kingdom minus the Mutual of Omaha sponsorship.

Someone had a bright idea of a pub crawl though Cherry Creek on New Years day… well it was fun but not sure if we are welcome very many places after that disaster… yes it was be silly and dress up day, at least for some of us. Needless to say i was in bed by 9:30pm to someones chagrin… fun times…

Sarah, Nathan and I head off to Winter Park for some slope time!

This year we celebrated Christmas family style! We welcomed the entire Summerall clan to the new house for a excellent Christmas. 7 of us shared the holiday spirit and had a wonderful time getting to know each other as well as the house, we look forward to hosting friends and family again soon.

All the photos can be found here.

Jenni put together an awesome “surprise” mexican food birthday party! Glad everyone could make it, was chill and fun – hope to have a real house warming party when the weather improves but this worked well as a mini house warming….

Been working on the bronco a bit, I will have to put up a dedicated section on it i think, break down all the work I have done to keep track of progress and what exactly I have completed. It has a few more things happening to it this winter, just got to finish up the transfer case! Anyway here are a few poser shots…

Bronco Specs:
1994 Fullsize Bronco XL
302 engine
6″ Lift
4.56 Gears
Rear Aussie locker
Front Detroit Tru-Trac
35″ Tires
160amp Alternator
Cardone heavy duty power steering pump

You can see all the photos here.

Had to stitch together a few images to get the bedroom in, its not huge but not tiny either.. in anycase we are done sleeping with the mattress on the floor! Not only looks good but sleeps good too

Love the light that comes into the bedroom too.