Nascar Meets the Mountains?

It's been an awful busy month for the Nitti clan. And sadly, we weren't able to tell you about in "real-time," as we've been dealt an inordinate amount of technical difficulties in the past few weeks. One destroyed cell phone, two damaged laptops, a broken camera, and a faulty modem have left us incommunicado.

Well that's all fixed now (aside from my laptop: still destroyed), so let's get everyone up to speed on the various goings on at the Nitti house.

My brother Dave, his wife Jackie, and child prodigies Luke and Grace made the trek all the way from Florida on May 23rd, only to be greeted by a driving snowstorm. Here are Luke and Grace during a happier moment, spending some quality time with beloved Aunt Lauren.

Dave and Luke perched atop the Ute Trail, 1,060 feet above street level and roughly 9,000 feet above their home in Florida. It was hard work climbing the steep single track, but the flatlanders gutted it out in typical Nitti fashion.

Luke and Jackie watching TV, being guarded closely by Maci. She's very protective, as you can see.

The kids and the pup. Luckily for us, neither Luke nor Grace ever grew tired of the "Maci ringing the bell to go outside" game. I think Gracie went up and down those stairs 1,000 times in three days. God bless her.

When they weren't helping my dog poop, the Florida foursome was making the most of their time in lovely Aspen. We visited Maroon Bells, the ghost town of Ashcroft, the Reudi Resevoir, the waterfalls at the Grottos, and even stood in snow at 12,090 feet atop Independence Pass, or as Gracie affectionately named it, "Wintertown." I'd like to think they had a great time, and hopefully they'll be visiting us again soon!