Wintertime Funsies!
I love winter! I love the snow and frost (not on my car when I’m running late, but it’s ok on trees and the like) and crisp air – all of it. Since I will be moving to England I feel I need to get in the most winter I can while I’m here in Colorado!
Last week it was a beautiful, not to cold Colorado day that quickly turned into a beautiful, snowy night. The next day it was all melted by 1 or 2, but while it was there it just sparkled! I love that about the snow! Frost as well! The other day while I was walking to class I saw about 13 Robins in a frost covered tree. It was so cool. So peaceful. In addition to the beauty the snow brings, it also brings a ton of fun! I remember one time last semester when my roommates went midnight sledding. Campus has some great hills that bring out the crowds whenever the snow comes! After they went sledding, the inner-tube they used stayed in our living room for 2 or 3 weeks. It was a lot of fun AND easy to get to when it came time to go sledding again!
In addition to the great sledding hills on campus, there are a lot of students that ski and snowboard on a regular basis. The hills are only a few hours away, so carpooling up the mountain with a bunch of friends is pretty popular. I know in my group of friends I’m one of the only ones that doesn’t snowboard (I ski, but not often; actually only once. I snowboarded before I skied but have crossed over to skiing thanks to my brother-in-law). It’s always funny when someone comes back from the slopes injured because we all have to evaluate them to see what we think is the problem (due to the fact we’re all in athletic training). It cracks me up because all of us pretty much always come to the same conclusion so if only one of us did the evaluation it would probably be fine! BUT, the moral of the story is that a lot of people go to the mountains to play. Wells Fargo, in the University Center, always offers a buddy pass deal (buy one get one free) which a lot of students take advantage of. It’s a good way to get a pass and stay in your budget! Fun times made cheaper.
I hope you have a great day!
Posted in: on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at at 6:36 PM
I love winter too! Im so mad that it is over though because now the springtime funsies are coming out. I love to frolick in the grass though and body paint is fun too! I wonder if the bumblebees will come out soon and begin to polinate, I also sometimes ponder the meaning of life and what it means to be a lover of carnivals. I also enjoy cartwheels and an occasional trampoline. Would you rather have winter all year long or your grandparents move in with you?
xoxo