Where can you go these days to find affordable skiing and lodging? The Answer is Durango, CO… A place of Old-School Colorado – Old-School Skiing The historic Strater Hotel, 1887. A LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM Correction on Name of the former first lady: Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier). Her father was a stock broker. She spoke fluent French and earned a Bachelor of Arts in French literature 2018 Prices: Purgatory Ski Resort Ski lift tickets: $89 1-Day Half-Day: $69 2 – 4 PM: $41 It’s a non-corporatized area… very rare these days! Go to Booking.com and look up Durango, CO, where you can find lodging from $58 – $450. Around town you will hear the Southwestern twang which is augmented by people from Texas, a land of one of the more pronounced ‘country-western’ accents.