Category: Feb 24 Ski Trip
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Day Twelve: Dunes and Dulchins
I was sad to leave Taos this morning, but what an amazing ~six days, they completely flew by. We had a pretty relaxing night of burgers and watching Wedding Crashers, which I forgot is hilarious. Vince Vaughn kind of carries that whole movie, even though it has Christopher Walken, Bradley Cooper, Owen Wilson, Rachel Mccadams….he…
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Day Eleven: Ski Movie Premier
Today was fantastic – a cold, cloudy, harsh morning on the mountain melted into a warm, sunny, bright afternoon. Everyone is feeling satisfied. Perfect time to drop our mad cool ski video.
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Day Ten: Losing Track
I’ve found it a bit harder to write posts while being in Taos. We’re just having too good of a time! Everyday has been a blue bird ski day with great conditions on the mountain, followed by a gourmet meal prepped by Michael back at the house and a kaleidoscopic sunset viewing from the hot…
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Day Nine: Teaser Trailer
Modern movie trailers give too much away … A haiku: Michael takes my cash He gets all of the best cards He deserves to win
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Day 8: Solo Traversing
After a great night of sleep, I woke up rested and pleased that I didn’t have to rush out the door before 7am. The whole nonsense at Alta/Snowbird of having to wake up at 6:30am to not be in dead stop traffic is bit of a bummer on the whole experience there. I woke up…
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Day 7: The Land of Enchantment
The sun rose on our red rock canyon-surrounded lodge and I walked to a 7am Yoga Class. While I was envisioning an energizing flow with some other lodgers backdropped with a view of the morning over the Colorado River, the reality was me and the instructor, Bri, in the basement’s John Wayne room surrounded by…
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Day 6: Salt Lakes to Red Rocks
There is something about this part of the country that seems made for road trip viewing. A mountain range appears in the distance beyond a stretch of arid flatland. It stays in view long enough for you to wonder what natural magic had to have happened to carve the shelved peaks out of the Earth,…
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Day Five: Blue Bird
One day wiser, our house shifted our morning up by twenty minutes to avoid seemingly forty extra minutes of traffic through the valley pass into the mountain. We also opted to go to Snowbird instead of Alta, where we heard the runs were a little steeper and terrain more exciting. The morning was smooth and…
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Day Four: Held in the Balance
Little Canyon Cottonwood Road is the only way to enter the Alta/Snowbird ski area and traffic quickly plugs up the pass as early as 7:45 in the morning. In the throes of the stoppage, Alex, Nikhil and I looked for any and all opportunity to get a leg up, move up a few spots in…
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Day Three: Tallac to Salt Lake City
I am a little caffeinated still, at 1:30am, which was pretty necessary to drive the 9 hours from Tahoe to Salt Lake City starting at 1pm. It’s been a long day, but I am super glad that I started it off by doing a backcountry tour up Mt. Tallac with my friend Celia and some…
Shaking the Snowglobe 