The ride to Omaha was pretty boring and frustrating because it unexpectedly took us on I-90 through Wisconsin rather than the shorter route which would have been I-80 straight to Iowa. I guess the GPS isn't perfect after all... Thankfully my dad was there to keep me company for the rest of the way as we passed by corn field after corn field after cornfield. We saw some cows and that was about it. I wouldn't recommend that drive to anyone.
But anywho, we made it to Denver the next day in record time because the one thing the midwest does right is post their speed limits at 75MPH which means in reality I could safely go 80-85. We were into Denver by 5:00PM that night and dropped off our stuff at the hotel before heading to Golden (the town I'm actually living in). Golden's a quaint little town, a lot like Northampton, MA in terms of character and residents - college town with lots of little non-chain stores and restaurants. We spent the first hour walking up and down the main stretch just to explore before meeting some of my roommates for dinner at this cool italian place in town. I went to WPI with all the other people in our house (there's six of us in total) so it's been great reconnecting with old friends.
The next day we (Dad and I) made it down to the Red Rocks
Park/Amphitheater right in Denver which was an amazing sight. Snow was falling that morning which just added to the beauty of the whole place. It's a natural amphitheater formed by these gigantic red rocks/mountainous type things with a man-made concert venue down the middle of it. It's a pretty famous place to play and we took a short tour of the museum they have on sight to see who's been by. I won't list the names I remember, but you can assume it's just about any artist you've ever heard of in the past fifty years.
We jetted down to downtown after that and walked the 16th Street Mall, then visited the Colorado Capitol Building, and had an all-around peaceful day before sending Dad on his way at the airport. Things have been moving at 500MPH since then with all the stuff I've been doing. I went out with my roommates and some friends to check out the Golden night scene my first night in town and went out the next day to buy the rest of my snowboarding gear on Friday.
Saturday night we drove up to Frisco which is a town closer to all the mountains where my roommates, a few friends, and a few other WPI alumni in Denver are renting a house for the season. And then this morning I finally made it to the slopes!! We chose to hit up Breckenridge which was about a 15 minute drive from the ski house and I cannot explain how incredible this place is compare to everything I've been at in the northeast! The views were breathtaking, the trails were covered in powder, the weather was so perfect I didn't need anything other than my 
jacket and an undershirt. It was amazing. Getting back into the groove of snowboarding was a little tough having not done it in six years, but I think most people would be impressed with how I held up. I took a few nasty falls but I'm feeling pretty good. We'll have to see how it is tomorrow morning when I start my first day at work! -ML
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