Day 23: Winter Park With Friends
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
What a great day! My friends Scott, Dana, Ross, and Jojo flew up from Dallas to go snowboarding at Winter Park for 3 days. Unfortunately, because of work, I was only able to ride with them for one day. That one day was one of the best days of the season so far. There was a lot of powder and extremely good weather. I had a blast ripping down some of the less groomed runs on the back side of Marry Jane. I also really enjoyed seeing my friends. I haven’t seen Scott and Dana in at least a year. Scott got back on the snowboard this trip and was picking it back up very quickly. Ross finally got a chance to try out his brand new set of K2 skis. The last time I saw Dana ski was before I started snowboarding! And Jojo had her first ever ski experience. I think the most fun we had OFF of the mountain had to be the “build your own 6-pack” experience at total beverage. They were like kids in a candy store.
Here it is, already 9 days into January and I’m not getting my riding days in. This was my first and only day on the slopes this year. This does not make me happy. We’re crunching hard at work, trying to finish up the next revision of Gaia.com. The next iteration is going to be significant and - in theory - it will be online next week. Hopefully, once this revision rolls out the door, I’ll see some more significant time on the slopes.
77 days left…
