I Has An Apartment
I’m suddenly wondering if most people will get the lolcat reference in the title. If not, you’re totally missing out. Anyway, I got an apartment yesterday. It only took me a little more than two weeks to pick one. Granted, it’s not the dream apartment I had hoped for. The problem with the dream apartment is the fact that it would cost about three times as much as what I got. I’m content with where I’m at. I have mountains out of all of my windows. It’s a one bedroom, top floor, modern apartment. Living in Boulder was tempting, but there’s not much modern in South Boulder and it’s a good 15-20 miles to work. I’m not scared of a long commute, but start adding up the gas for a there and back trip to work five times a week and stack that onto higher rent… suddenly, I have to ask myself just how badly I want to live in Boulder. I went with Westminster. I am 7 miles from my office building - probably 5 as the crow flies.
So the next question is - how far do I have to drive to snowboard? Well, lets check a few places out:
| Eldora | 38 mi |
| Echo Mountain | 39 mi |
| Loveland | 44 mi |
| Arapahoe Basin | 77 mi |
| Keystone | 77 mi |
| Copper Mountain | 80 mi |
| Winter Park | 82 mi |
| Breckenridge | 84 mi |
| Vail | 100 mi |
| Beaver Creek | 112 mi |
| Monarch Mountain | 158 mi |
| Steamboat | 160 mi |
| Crested Butte | 232 mi |
| Wolf Creek | 261 mi |
| Durango | 340 mi |
So I’m looking at 30 minutes from two resorts… Not as good as living slopeside, but I’ll take it. While google mapping for distance, I realized I really need to get to work on SnowTripping! Who knows, maybe I’ll actually get to work on it some this summer… We’ll see. In a perfect world, SnowTripping would become my job. =D
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