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We skied again today, another bright and sunny today but it was pretty windy. The gusts sent up little snow tornadoes. If you got caught in one, it was sort of like being sand blasted with ice chips. We got in some good runs, with virtually no lift lines we were up and down the trails in no time.

We headed down mountain a little early. With our extra time, we went to the Pearl Street Mall. This is one of those center city shopping eating areas several blocks long, no cars allowed. But that is just the physical description. It is both quintessential Boulder with it's art stores, holistic tea houses and anti war protesters. But it's also the anti-Boulder with it's smoke shops, Asian Import stores and pregnant skateboard punks.

We took it all in, they guy playing the mini harp, the "Pink Ladys" accosting passers by and some very cool arts stores. Katie's favorite store by far was Into the Wind. They are known as a big time kite store but they also have all kinds of wind up toys, puzzles, flying objects and the kind of stuff that would keep an ADD kid (or adult) fascinated for hours. Katie settled on two purchases, a mechanical flying bird from her youth and a set of guitar ice cube molds

Dinner was at the Boulder Cafe one of the several eateries on Pearl St. that had a lively crowd sitting in and around the building. The food was good and the atmosphere pure Boulder.