January 4, On the spur of the moment Elvis decides to fly to Colorado for a vacation. After checking into a Denver Hotel, Elvis dispatches Joe Esposito and two Denver Police officers, Jerry Kennedy and Ron Pietrafeso to Vail to find enough rental accommodation for the group.
January 8, Elvis spends the evening of his 41st birthday in a rental home on the slopes of Vail Colorado.
with Jerry Schilling and Myrna Smith, who have been living together for more than a year and will eventually marry.
Many of the guys and their wives and girlfriends have been taking skiing lessons, but Elvis wears a full face Ski mask during the day but mostly only appears on the slopes at night in a rented ski mobile, causing eighteen-year old Susan Ford, daughter of the President to protest his violation of local regulations.
Elvis spent his 41st birthday at the winter sports resort of Vail in Colorado - Photo The Concert Years 1969-1977
January 14, As a thank you gesture to his friends on the force, Elvis purchases two Lincolns and a Cadillac for Jerry Kennedy, Ron Pietrafeso and police surgeon Gerald Starkey, along with Cadillacs for Linda Thompson and Joe Esposito's girlfriend, Shirley Dieu. In all the bill comes to $70,000.
January 20, In reporting the story of Elvis generosity to his police friends it is said that Denver television newsman Don Kinney jokes on air that he'd like a car, too and that Elvis buys him a Seville. 'Elvis, if you're watching - I wouldn't mind getting a car too.'
Don Kinney contradicts this and tells his story.
Elvis Presley and friends on the Lisa Marie - January 1976 in Aspen, Colorado - January 1976
You don’t find too many pictures of Elvis on board of his airplane the Lisa Marie. This rather unknown picture of Elvis wearing what looks like a jogging jacket, taken in January 1976 in Aspen, Colorado. Posing for the camera are: Elvis, Mrs. Jack Kent, R.L 'Skeet' Antonio, & sitting: Ron Pietrafeso.
Elvis in Denver Police uniform with (standing right) Denver Police chief Art Dill and
(kneeling, left to right) officers Bob Cantwell and Ron Pietrafeso, January 1976.
Elvis Presley in Ski Mask Vail in Colorado January, 1976
Elvis Presley in Ski Mask Vail in Colorado January, 1976
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