Colorado sunshine

Last week I blessedly wasn't returning to work like the rest of the world. Nope, I got to go here instead:

I went out north of Denver to visit my work friend K for the week. I'd like to say I went to snowboard, but as a matter of fact, I ended up in an extreme adventure of all sorts - riding, swimming in hot springs, ATVing around the Rockies, and otherwise getting my butt kicked by vacation.

It was sunny and beautiful and completely dissapointing to everyone around me, because there was "no snow" anywhere. May I just say that CO has softer, prettier snow than any of the places I've been on the east coast - no contest - even during this spooky snow draught of a winter we've been having all over the place this year.

K worked with me a lot on my riding. At first I thought she might want to abandon me somewhere on the mountain to enjoy more challenging terrain, but she is a total teacher and kept saying she was over-training me, trying to push any piece of advice into my helmeted head that she could so I'd come away a better rider from this trip.

It was my 6th day on snow this year, and my 18th day riding ever, and I definitely learned more in those few hours than ever before.

Now it's back to the land of gravel and ice, but I am reinvigorated from the trip and ready to take my riding to the next level.