Or Breck for short... as the locals and frequent travelers call it. There isn't anything like a family reunion with the Garreys. My mom is the oldest of 7 children and when we all get together it looks something like this: 11 aunts and uncles, 21 grandchildren + 2 spouses, and 3 great grandchildren, oh and .... a couple more grandchildren on the way. We also had 4 significant others join in on the family fun this trip! Yep it makes for a full house and so many memories.
Rewind for a quick second. Around the holidays last year, a few aunts and cousins casually mentioned getting another family reunion in the works and how much fun another ski trip would be. We happened to mention this to my sweet Aunt Terri who in a matter of days had this amazing villa tentatively reserved in the mountains of Colorado for our crazy family of 35+. So, needless to say - we had been looking forward to this trip for almost a year. Here is where we stayed and yes, we recommend it! Alpine Villa Retreat
A lot of us arrived in Denver on Christmas Day or the morning of the 26th, ready to pile into the two rented 15-passenger vans and make our way up into the mountains. That was a bigger feat than anticipated - 15-passenger vans are strictly for passengers, no luggage.... definitely not winter/skiing luggage. So what do you get when you have 20+ people trying to figure out how we are all going to fit...yep, that seat is taken!
After leaving a seat from one of the vans at the hotel for a week and picking up our final arrivals from the airport, we were on our way...Griswald Garrey style.
Breckenridge had wonderful snow fall the week prior to our arrival so after getting acquainted with our mansion home for the next week and everyone picking up their ski rentals, we were pumped for an awesome vacation.
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