all good things must come to an end

So it has come to pass, that I sit here, in the Alley Cat Cafe, drinking my immunitea, eating my banana muffin and thinking how great it will be to be back home in less than a week. Some people may have doubted this, but during it all I had never thought it would end any other way. Thats not to say that I haven’t been enjoying my stay here – still. But I think it has come time to have a break from the US, and be back home with family and friends – just to be there will be awesome.

Having been on the road now since mid December the temporary nature of life has taken its toll, and the need to relax has overcome the desire to get as much pow pow as possible. Hence, today I find myself relaxing in FoCo. With the warmth of the sun and the chill air flowing round me I took my borrowed wheels on down through campus for one last hair cut and beard trim – wont get any of those any more. The cough and cold that has been harassing me for the past two weeks seems to be melting away, and I realise that wrest is really an understated commodity.

Between coughing fits I have been in and out of FoCo. Traveling with Anna and Roh we have covered some ground starting with ice climbing where Ed and Danny provided some great entertainment. Our home was the bowling alley car park in Leadville which also had breakfast and just so happened to be the highest elevated town in North America. We found ourselves back country in Climax – an old mining town and shredded the nar in Winter Park with some awesome pow pow. Later we visited the highest suspension bridge in the world – apparently, and a salad in the snow. Boarding down The Great Sand Dunes gave us some sore, funny and sandy moments. The next morning though was pure bliss in the Mt Princeton Hot Springs and helped relieve some congestion. Matt, Molly and Megan joined us in Copper for a day of fun on the mountain. Molly’s family’s condo is so good, and I’ll always have the best memories of the place, especially getting stuck in the elevator thanks to Molly’s search for adventure. Winter Park was great again, the best skiing so far I’d say, which may not be that good but given the season here it was pretty awesome. Good powder, fun tree sections and plenty of jumps available for the taking.

With only four more days to play things are winding down, one or if I’m lucky two more days of skiing but mostly it will be time to appreciate what has come and gone, the experiences and lessons learned and the friends who will hopefully be more than just a 5month part of my life.