Monday Musings: April 19, 2010

How cool is it to end the ski season with a champagne toast in the lodge, after an epic … I mean EPIC day on the slopes as Mt. Rose closes for the season?

That’s me and ski buddy, Shelly.

Yes, it’s just that cool. We were not only wowed by the usual ‘scenary’ from the top of Mt Rose today, but by all the gracefully circling parasailers and hang gliders. Awesome!

For a ‘local’ ski area that is barely a 30 minute drive from my house in Reno, to stand on a majestic 10,776 ft. peak with great snow, overlooking miles of mountain ranges and Washoe Lake, while hang gliders land right there in front of you … well, it doesn’t get much better.

Now, you know why we live here, since it obviously isn’t for the, uh, political climate.

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