Lately

I am officially a blog neglecter...ugh! I guess all I can do is tell lots of good stories about why I haven't written. Considering that I haven't posted in a month, this could be a long one.  Since my last post, I've made my biggest purchase in several years.  I am now the proud owner of an entire ski set up.  Skis, bindings, boots, poles, a helmet goggles, the whole deal.   Additionally each of the days I've taken them out in the past week have been fresh powder days.  PERFECT!

From March 11th-20th, I was down in Gunnison Colorado re-taking a Wilderness First Responder Course with a fellow crew leader, Josh.  Because it was my second time taking the course, I felt I was able to absorb much more information and hone in on good patient assessment and care.  While in Gunnison, we stayed at an awesome hostel called Wanderlust run by two great gals, Amy and Melissa.  If anyone is ever looking for a place to stay in Gunnison, you should check it out.  Additionally, for the second time in a month, I got to see my best friend Alli in Montrose, CO.  Although I drove a total of 3 hours to see Alli for 2 hours, it was wonderful to see her and I'm so glad I made the trip.  Driving home from Gunnison in daylight made for a beautiful drive and I was ecstatic to get home to someone special.   Thus I will introduce to the world, on my blog, Kory Cook, my boyfriend.  Kory and I met while working at the ski area and have been pretty much inseparable since our first date at the Banff mountain film festival world tour in Laramie.

After a much needed night of rest, I departed again for Denver to pick up Adam Pettee and Courtney Smith from the airport.  These two were kind enough to spend there spring break with me for some much needed fun.  Upon picking them up it was close to 70 degrees and sunny in Denver.  Although the weather was beautiful, I was really hoping for some snow so they could ski on fresh powder.  Sure enough, both Wednesday and Friday(the two days I was working) we had a few inches of snow and on friday, enough people showed up to work that I got the day off and skied for just about every minute of it.  Friday night, we all shared a new experience that really made me feel like a local, shooting guns on BLM land.   After much discussion on the ride there about everything not to do, we were all nervous, but excited to try it.  As it turns out, Adam is quite the marksman, and Courtney and I are not.  We were much better at throwing the clays and even that was not so easy.  On Saturday, we drove through some nasty weather on I-80 to get Courtney and Adam back to the airport.  After a teary farewell, I sent them on their way and made the 2.5 hour drive to Laramie one last time.

For now, I'm enjoying my last week at the ski area and then I'm off to Salida, CO for 4 days of chainsaw training with the other crew leaders at Colorado Fire Camp.  Hopefully, I'll post sooner rather than later!