Uncle Mark and Jim...on Vail!

Here we are on our visit to Colorado in 1999! Uncle Mark made sure Jim had the very best time! Not only did they snowboard on Vail but we ate at the finest little Italian restaurant! Garlic everywhere...and Jim loved it. I have great memories of him on that trip! I wanted a little Rocky Mountain of my own to bring home and Jim found the most perfect rock! We were on our way to Aspen and stopped at the site of the camp where our troops had once trained to fight in the Italian Alps. There, in this huge expanse at the base of the mountain, was my "Rock"! We never did get to Aspen that day! Though it was mid-April, an avalanche was still blocking the roadway...