I’d set an alarm for sunrise so we could see the Grand Canyon in a different light since we’d parked right next to it. We hadn’t been bothered all night, so I was feeling pretty satisfied. We’d both had a great night’s rest. I put on my downie and snow pants, donned a beanie and…

We woke up lazy. I considered Dan and I could take our time getting out of bed since Vanessa was always on for a sleep in. I was astounded to find that she was already wide awake when I opened the Astro’s side door. She didn’t even have her face bra on, she was raring…

Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! Dan’s alarm went off from somewhere within the van. He had to drive two hours south to be in Phoenix for work by 10am. Sure enough, there was a few centimetres of snow on the ground. Nothing like that first snow with Kevin but it was still pretty damn cool….

When Dan climbed out of the Astro an hour or so after sunrise, before he had a chance to open the front door, Cleo pawed across my face to follow him out. I escaped with my eyes intact, but I had paw prints on my face. I forgave her. We were in no rush to…

Sure enough, my sturdy table was now a three-legged wobbly construction and our stuff was strewn over the ground. Thanks Cleo! After a sweet sleep in with the door open, watching and listening to the gentle lap of small waves, I got straight to work mending it while Dan got a fire going for breakfast….

Dan and Cleo were off early in the morning to make a court date so I retreated from Air Force One and snuggled under the covers of my van for a lazy sleep in. I was alone for the first time since Kevin arrived. I used my isolation to snooze in and out of sleep…

We both had a very sound sleep in the van, happy to be “back home” after all the hotelling. I made breakfast while Kevin built a new fire since we didn’t have anywhere to be in a hurry. After breakfast, I presented Kevin with Audrey’s story book and he was suitably impressed, I just hope…

Despite the lengthy sleep we both had, we didn’t feel that rested when we woke. Our theory was that the heat of the room was causing us restless sleep. We showered and went down for breakfast (one last dose of Trump news) then came back and started packing up our room since we were checking…

We woke to our alarm, carefully planned so that we would be on the mountain right at opening time to get our ski gear and lift tickets. We were both feeling seedy at best, violently ill at worst, but it got better once we got some food into us. Nothing like a dirty waffle in…

Another super lazy start to the morning, getting up only to make sure we got to the hotel brekkie before it closed at 9am. What a winner breakfast was. It was continental, which meant we both had boiled eggs on toasted English muffins, orange juice and a waffle doused in maple syrup. We were definitely…