This is the Schneider-Farris Family's Blog. Keep up with what we are doing by logging into this site regularly! (The reason this site is called "Tragedy and Triumph" is that when I first founded this site, my husband, Dan, had been in a horrible accident, and he recovered. His recovery was a miracle! Go back to the 2005 archives to read our story.)

Monday, March 28, 2016

Annabelle's Friend From Camp Visits for Spring Break 3-24-16 to 3-27-16

Annabelle was delighted to have her friend Rebeka from camp visit from Sacramento for Spring Break 2016!


Happy Birthday Daddy!

Thank you to Carol Greenberg and the Thursday study group at Temple Israel for making my dad's birthday special!







Saturday, March 26, 2016

JO ANN Trying to Telemark! 3-26-16

I have been watching videos and reading about Telemark free hill skiing! Tonight, my husband Dan got a good photo of me trying to Telemark! I have no idea what I'm doing...yet...


Our Dog Duchess - Trying to Be Somewhat Cute 3-26-16

Our dog Duchess looks pretty cute in this photo!


Schneider Family Vacation Home in Colorado 3-26-16 - 12:30 pm

There's a lot of snow in Colorado this week!  The photos below are of the driveway at the Schneider Family vacation home in Colorado at 12:30 pm on Saturday, March 26, 2016.  Wow!

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Ski Cooper Leadville! Sunday 3-20-16

We LOVE skiing down mountains and every time we do it, it is like visiting Paradise! Today, the weather and conditions were wonderful!




We went up and down the mountain about 10 times!  First, we started with the Buckeye Platter lift to "warm up."  We skied down Last Chance and then went back up and skied down Slades Run and then we went down Buckeye (but I did a bit of the terrain park somewhere down Slades Run and I also recall doing a "black" in the forest, but I can't remember where...).

Then we went up Buckeye Platter a 4th time, but went to the other side of the mountain.  We cut over to Ambush and Tenderfoot and then too the triple chair back up and then we went down Homestake and Trail End.

While Annabelle got something to eat, I went back up Buckeye Platter and skied all the way down Buckeye which was great fun!  Then Annabelle and I went back up Buckeye Platter and did Last Chance and Lower last chance again.

We then went up the 10th Mountain Double Chair lift and skied down Treasure Trove, Get Away, and Eagle and then took the Triple Chair back up.

We then did Trails End through Peek A Boo to Homestake.

There was 10 minutes left, so we took the Double Chair back up and skied down Molly Mayfield and I took a video of my trip down!

It was a wonderful day.  I know somewhere in the midddle I did a small black and also got run into by a snowboarder but he or she was going very slow, so it was okay.  I also talked to some telemark skiers who were climbing the mountain and I have decided I must do that sometime too!

I love skiing!













































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Jo Ann Schneider Farris has participated in skating for most of her life as a competitor, coach, and author.

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