It NEVER Gets Old!”

That’s the phrase Andrew and Jamie Resnik frequently share during afternoons when the sunset throws pink and orange light over Arrowhead, Bachelor Gulch, and further up the valley. This past September, they settled down in a quiet location in Singletree, after many years visiting the area.
 
 “Sure, come for the winter and stay for the summer,” says Andrew, from Solana Beach, CA. “Everybody says that, but what about fall color? And cycling in the spring? We even love the dark short days in November, which tell us ski season is right around the corner.” Jamie, a native of the Detroit suburbs, adds, “It has been so much fun to spend time with our family and friends here.”
 
Jamie and Andrew met “on location”: both alumni of television news, she was a producer for ABC News in the Chicago bureau, Andrew a reporter for Denver’s 9News, when the Hayman Fire broke out in June 2002 near Colorado Springs. “The fire was so big you couldn’t get anywhere near it,” says Jamie. “We were stuck at a hot and dusty command post in Castle Rock with nothing much to do, so we just hung out and got to know each other. About a year later we were married!” Today, Andrew works in the retirement division of a national financial services firm, and Jamie works in communications for the state.

Their children, Max (18) and Julia (16) both play on the golf team for George Washington HS in Denver and learned to ski as young children at Keystone. Andrew joined forces with other front range dads to organize the storied “Keystone Ski Bus,” for years chartering a Ramblin’ Express motor coach to haul three dozen parents and kids up and back each Saturday from December to March. “The traffic? We didn’t care at all. We were too busy laughing to Rodney Dangerfield movies and passing out donuts and bagels. Plus Keystone gave us prime parking, so we basically had a traveling ski locker!” says Andrew.
 
Eventually, they came to favor Beaver Creek, and spent more and more time throughout the year in Avon, Edwards, and Vail. “The kids were still young. You could say we came for the Candy Cabin, and stayed for the Talons Challenge,” adds Andrew. In addition to the core valley standards (skiing, hiking, cycling, and golf) the Resniks love to spend the afternoons buried in books, and are frequently spotted at Avon’s Public Library. They also enjoy hosting friends and family from the valley, the front range, and their respective hometowns. “As a getaway, it’s a pretty easy sell, and we’re creating new fans of Village Bagels and The Minturn Saloon,” says Jamie.
 
 While the Vail Valley is their primary “go-to,” the Resniks also love going further afield. Andrew taught Max and Julia how to surf along the coast of North County San Diego, and Max just committed to attend San Diego State’s Fowler School of Business in the Honors College program. Closer to Jamie’s native roots, the family loves visiting Traverse City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Mackinac Island, and Sleeping Bear Dunes along the beautiful northwest coast of Michigan. “It’s a short season,” says Jamie. “But it’s absolutely beautiful and a perfect way to experience the small towns of the Midwest.” They also spend time in Hawaii, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Caribbean — just about anywhere surfable waves are combing the coast. True to their roots, Jamie and Max are devoted Detroit Lions and Tigers fans, taking in games wherever they can, and the family also catches San Diego Padres games when visiting family who still live there.
 
The Resniks first set down valley roots in Avon, where Jamie enjoys walks around the Eagle River and sunsets over Nottingham Lake. Andrew loves hopping on his gravel bike and heading up the Lake Creek Valley. Wandering around last summer, he pedaled up Winslow, onto Berry Creek, and explored the winding roads and cul-de-sacs lining the golf course. “It was love at first sight,” said Andrew, who rode back to Avon and told Jamie they needed to come back together. Since then, they’ve made friends in and around the neighborhood at community events and on walks, rides, and golf courses up and down the valley. “You hear it all the time, but it’s not empty words: this community is incredibly friendly and welcoming,” says Jamie.
 
With Max and Julia still in high school, the Resniks shuttle back and forth between Denver and Singletree, spending more and more time in the valley. “Every morning I see the sun come up over Knob Hill Trail,” says Andrew. “It’s a little bit different each time, but it always stops whatever I’m doing. I wonder if my friends are bored of all those sunrise photos I share that are clogging up my phone? If so, they haven’t said it!”