Last time I left off I had just arrived at my mother’s house on the 8th of Feb. where we delt with car issues and danced the night away at the Beacon. After hearing about a snow storm I drove back down to the Colorado Rockies on the 12th after a cross-country session with my advanced skier mom!
Arriving in Colorado I was greeted with powder and met many outstanding individuals. We made a heart-shaped pizza on Valentines Day, took pictures in a photo booth with two random girls, we were stuck in a snow bank and three gentlemen from different vehicles pulled up to help push us free, experienced Boulder (a nice reminder of Santa Cruz), and finally visited an old neighbor and was greeted with 11 inches of more powder!
The delicious romantic veggie pizza!
Once you get to ride 11 inches of fresh powder you just have to go for a drive. So we ended the snowboarding session with a seven hour and four minute drive to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here we went to Sandia Crest, saw a crop circle outside of the observatory and ended the Mardi Gras evening at Parrots. The next day we drove to Taos and bought green chile on the way back to WYO.
M and her husband decided to go on a trip to Yellowstone! This was incredibly exciting as I love bacteria and many thrive in this National Park. We drove in and left 45 minutes before the road was closed. It was a white out and the driver could not see a thing! But it was remarkable. After our snowcats made it to Old Faithful we stayed in an adorable cabin and went snowshoeing. On this adventure my mother and I broke trail and ran right into Bison (not to be mistaken as Buffalo)! It was by far one of the most amazing things I have done in my life.
- The Bison in the Wild
The loving couple
After Yellowstone I decided to check out the famous Jackson Hole! I was blessed with 23 inches of powder, an extraordinary hike, and even more incredible sunset on leap day.
Today I sit in my mother’s house thinking oh my! It looks like its finals week…. Which means that I will be posting photos later, after I get my studying done!
I will leave you with a pic of the planning process in action:
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