Colorado

I recently spent a few days snowboarding in Colorado. Word to the wise - if you're planning snowboarding for three days in a row, it's a good idea to let your body know what's about to happen. Unfortunately, I gave my body no such warning. Surpringly enough, it's not the best idea to go for three months with your exercise consisting of playing guitar hero on "hard" and then suddenly expect your legs to cooperate on a double black diamond. I praise the heavens for Advil and Ben Gay...and had a fantastic trip! It snowed on the first day we were there so we got to board VAIL with 6-8 inches of fresh powder.

Other than the boarding, I'm going to say that the best part of our trip had to be the hotel room. If you're ever in a town called Frisco, you'll have to check out the Woods Inn. If you're lucky and you slip the receptionist a $20, they just might put you in room 201...and THAT, my friends is where the vacation begins. "I didn't know you could get that much animal hair onto one bedspread," you might say, but I wouldn't worry too much about that, you won't be getting much sleep on the sleep-defying mattress. You'll be thankful that the last guests left some coffee in the cups for you...and for the claustrophobic guest who's afraid of the "cozy" bathroom, they thought of that when they left the "ventilation hole" in the door. The adventure continues with the cable...which works like a dream provided you change the channel every 6.3 seconds...otherwise you may run into some trouble.

Here are a few pictures. We spent a little time in Denver too...but, trust me, you wouldn't want to see pictures of the Denverites. Colorado may have the lowest percentage of obese people (bravo!) but after spending some time there, I'm fairly certain that the ugly stick lives and works (and works hard) in Denver.