THE SHORTS' TRAVEL BLOG

We awoke with a jolt on Thursday at 3:30 a.m. with a phone call from our daughter, Chauncey. The President had just made an announcement...

When we woke up on Wednesday, we noticed that we could see the moon along with the sunrise! We got a nice, early start on our skiing...

Tuesday was really warm, maybe 50 degrees! We got a rather late start. It was about 11:00 by the time we got started skiing. We...

We were wiped out and slept in on Monday. We had our first breakfast at the hotel, and it was delicious! The hotel's pastries and fresh...

Our hotel in Gaillard, France (on the outskirts of Geneva) worked out. Our room was nothing fancy; the bed sagged in the middle and was...

Today is a transition day for us. When we had our bags packed, we loaded up our car but then walked back into town one last time to grab...

When we awoke this morning there was maybe a half inch of snow on our porch rail, but that quickly melted down to nothing. It was so...

The forecast today called for clear skies and sunshine, so it was the perfect day for us to get high! We spent the morning on an...

What an amazing day we had today! We had a tasty breakfast at our hotel, then had to clean all the snow off our rental car, "Slippy",...

There seems to be a pattern here. Why is it often raining on Mondays?? With much sadness, we packed up and left Val d'Isere by 9:00 a.m....