Colorado Recap

Since today is a cold, snowy, sleety, bummy afternoon, I thought now would be the perfect time to recap my recent trip to Colorado. So here goes... Colorado lived up to its billing as a beautiful, crunchy granola wonderland of outdoor sports, hippies and snow. I arrived to a beautiful, sunny day that topped out in the 60s. Gorgeous weather. In fact, the weather was beautiful the entire weekend, which definitely upped the enjoyment factor.

One of the neat things my girlfriends and I did was take the Ski Train into Winter Park. The winding, two-and-a-half hour ride took us up through the mountains to the ski resort. Towards the end of the trip, you go through the MoffatTunnel and then BAM! You're surrounded by tons of snow. I think there were 54 inches the weekend of my trip.

My friend Lori and I did some downhill snowshoeing, which was a really cool experience that I doubt I would have had otherwise. We learned about the local flora and fauna from our experienced guide, Forest (isn't that just perfect?!) and enjoyed a two-mile trek. At the end, Forest taught us how to shimmy and slide down a steep, 50 yard hill. It was cool.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend. Overall, Colorado treated me well and I'd love to go back!

A view of Denver from the Ski Train, heading into the mountains towards Winter Park.

Trees and snow on the side of the mountain. The tree is red because it is actually sunburned on its South-facing side. Did you know trees could get sunburned once they die and lose their spongy, wet outermost layer? Yeah, me either...

My teeny, tiny, child-sized feet in my gigantic snowshoes.



This is a cabin with lots of snow on it. Duh. The porch should give you an idea of the depth of snow.

Hello from base camp! Only 9,000 feet above sea level, no biggie.



All aboard the Ski Train!!

Quick Rant

One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to remain a more active blogger. While I initially started this blog and Cingle in the City to share my thoughts, feelings and personal accounts, I’ve realized in recent years that the blogosphere offers a great opportunity to connect with people who share similar interests. I’d like to become more immersed in the culture of blogging, not just the act of blogging.

To that end, I’ve been noodling around the idea of starting another blog, one that is purely dedicated to an area of my life that I love, food. I heart food: Eating it, cooking it, talking about it, learning about it. So I’ve been thinking about starting a blog that focuses on recipe-sharing, restaurant reviews and general musings about my favorite forms of sustenance.

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been thinking of titles for the blog and researching potential .blogspot addresses. Which is where my rant comes in. WHY DO PEOPLE RESERVE BLOG ADDRESSES AND THEN NEVER USE THEM?!?!?!?!

That’s right http://epicurious.blogspot.com, http://epi-curious.blogspot.com, http://iheartfood.blogspot.com, http://yummyinmytummy.blogspot.com and others… I’m talking to YOU!!!

Stay tuned while I keep thinking about this new blog and searching for potential addresses. In the meantime, rest assured that I am totally stewing over the fact that all the good names are taken.

Happy 2009!

I can't believe it has been a month and a half since my last post. I've been seriously, seriously slacking on the whole blogging thing lately. The holidays got to be soooo busy... and even though I thought things would slow down a little bit once the holidays were over, things have continued to stay busy.

This weekend I head West to Denver. It's the annual Bring-It-On-Athon, an annual girls-only weekend with my besties from h.s. Unfortunately my friend Julia can't be there because of some schedule conflicts. But the weekend is sure to be great fun! I've already started packing and planning for all the fun times ahead!

I'll try to take a bunch of photos and post some here. I'm told it is beautiful country! (What say you, Rocket?)