Snot

Quote of the week (Nate Blomgren):
"Why is snot the only thing that becomes LESS viscous in the cold?"

He's right, although I never would've thought that on my own. Diesel, oil, water (turns to ice), blood (?), muscles, all gel or become more vicscous in the cold...yet SNOT is the opposite. Odd.

Nate is the purveyor of great quotes. I've started a list of the things he comes up with...they're just classic. His mind works on a different plane than most people i know. I'll have to find that document and reproduce it here someday.

Two weekends ago, Nate came out to Denver and we hung out for the weekend. I grew up with Nate in Marin. I first knew him from little league. We went to Redwood high school where we got into mountain bikes and then snowboards. He's one of the only people i still keep in contact with from High School. We celebrated his arrival by going to the Sundowner Saloon before heading to Warren Miller's new film at the Boulder Theater. The first things we see at the Sundowner are our old neighbors and good friends that I haven't seen since the last time Nate was in town three years ago...at the same place we left them EXACTLY at the bar. We drank some beers, talked about old times, saw Forest's beautiful new tatoo of his dog Moab (Mo mo!) that recently passed away. Nate and I were both there when he got Moab as a puppy and the tattoo looked exactly like her..and what a cool memorial to an amazing dog! We eventually left for the movie and got SO psyched for winter and POWDER. Typical Warren Miller movie, but still fun and lots of beers and energy at the Theater.

We walk back to the Sundowner before heading home and the boys are STILL there at the exact same spot at the bar, more drunk and rowdy now with Josh starting to get belligerent and picking fights. Forest is a huge stocky dude that is very mellow and never fights unless he's doing his JuJitsu, and Josh is a tall wiry punk that is always picking fights like a barfly. A Classic combo and two of the few Boulder locals (born & raised) I know.

We hit up old terrain and went to Berthoud Pass on our boards with Dubba on Sunday...and on November 14th got some sweet powder amazingly. Up to 2 feet in places of fresh intermixed with hardpack but rarely a rock showing. We did the 80's and 90's, and Hell's Half Acre to the 7 mile toboggan run and found rides almost immediately each run. Pretty perfect day.

Bummer of the day was that Dairy King in Empire was CLOSED. No grilled cheese and onion rings today.