• First Schneider vacation off the East Coast draws 22 family members
• A town the size of Hornell – yet it has a Himalayan Restaurant, a Brew Pub, and German Restaurant with an Austrian Band
• The house provides a trout pond, pool table, resistance pool and massage chairs to amuse and relax us
• Katahdin and Joe Fillmore attend their first Schneider vacation
• Cooking in the high (>9000 ft) altitude is an adventure in itself
• Beautiful weather in the morning; storm clouds roll through in the afternoons. Frank and Mark grill in a downpour the first night there
• Whitewater rafting on the Arkansas River in two shifts – the “Shiners” and the Medoffs. Rudy was an honorary Medoff for the vacation
• Glenwood Springs Adventure Park – Mark and Maria bungee jump Mark, Frank, Maria, Mike and Maria ride the Canyon Swing and find it even scarier than the bungee jump
• A 14-mile downhill bike ride – with the only modest donations of skin by Maria and Ben
• Geneva asks, “How many people does it take to change a tire on I-70 in the dark?”
• Katahdin inspires a new family event – “naked time” before bed
