Antlers at Vail, Condominiums and Conference Center

The Antlers is privileged to be playing host to Connie Lawn this week.  Connie is the Senior White House Correspondent and when you see Jay Carney speaking from the podium in the WH press room, that just might be the back of Connie’s head that you see sitting in the front row.  Much more importantly than her role at the nation’s capital (in our mind, anyway) is her passion for skiing and her superior skills writing about it. 

Connie’s writing skills also go beyond regular WH journalism, and even the incredibly important ski blogging …

 

Click the picture for a link to her autobiography

On Friday morning, Randi and I had the great good fortune to make a few turns with Connie and her husband Dr. Charles Sneiderman.  We knew from reading some of her blog posts that she’d be a hoot, and as usual … we were right.

 The quintessential shot with the Gore Range in the background …just above chair 2.

 

That ever-tough chairlift self portrait … am I pointing this thing in the right direction?  If only my arm was a little longer …

 

With any luck at all, we’ll get a chance to ski with Connie and Charles again next year.   Until then, we’ll just remember Connie’s cantagious joy as she heads west on Eagle’s Nest Ridge …