Special birthday

Next Thursday is my youthful other half’s birthday. Banned from actually saying the number, we will celebrate her ‘special birthday’ instead for the whole week starting on Saturday when we fly to Miami and spend two days including Mother’s Day in Coral Gables, a place we briefly visited last year.

Then on Monday we fly onto Colorado and end up with a drive to the ski resort of Aspen where we spend the week. I can’t ski because of my knee operation last September but it was my snow loving-other-half’s birthday wish that she attempted to get in some late season birthday snow, and looking at the report’s I’ll think she’ll be lucky.

Me and the little ‘un will make our own fun playing snow angels, throwing snow balls, slowly sauntering around Aspen’s charming streets and drinking hot toddy’s before meeting up with birthday girl at various points during the day.

Work has been a bit fraught so I’m looking forward to the break even though I’m not skiing because it will be a different type of holiday and Aspen has plenty to explore.

On the way back the following weekend we stop for a night in Denver because getting to Colorado’s ski resorts, any ski resort, to and from Bermuda is a nightmare and with my travelling record….