Besides
small children, Steamboat certainly has lots to offer in the spring, and this
page is for those of you who may want to gaze at things other than babies (though
a few do slip in here nonetheless).
At left, admire the great Double Z Bar & Barbecue joint, which is truly the best place for beef ribs in the country. Right along the Yampa River, with a view of the mountain and the smell of sulpher from the hot springs that gave Steamboat its name in the air, the Double Z oozes atmosphere. Walk in--or limp in, as Robert does in this picture after three eight-hour days on the slopes--and order a full rack of the beef ribs per person, to eat there or take out. Heck, that's what we all did. After all, on Maundy Thursday, with Bill and Judy out celebrating their wedding anniversary at an Italian restaurant, what're Brian and Robert and I supposed to do except head out to the Double Z, returning with four full racks of ribs (of which the three of us ate slightly more than three that night, and which were then eaten the next day for breakfast and lunch), alond with a pizza for the kids from a place down the street? The Double Z is truly heaven's rib joint. I can't say that we've ever tried anything else on the menu, actually, but I can say that the beef ribs are the thing to get here, in cattle countyr--save the pork ribs for down South!
At right, you see a view from the Gondola of the Steamboat Grand condominiums/hotel and the nearby vicinity. Below, you see Lauren, John (clutching an unplugged telephone), and Aurora admiring the sunset out the window of the Steamboat Grand one evening; then a sunset view itself; and then a view of Heavenly Daze from the Gondola one morning.
Yes, we're finally moving on here to talk about the mountain itself--the main reason, to be perfectly honest, that anyone comes to Steamboat to begin with.
