Highlights from CO

I spent this past weekend in Colorado with my buddies Ted and Jordan. We've started somewhat of an annual tradition of "Manly Men" trips (a little over a year ago we spent a week touring NYC together). Here are some of the highlights from the four days we spent in Colorado:

• Dominating a burrito from Illegal Pete's in Boulder.
• Waking up to a view of the Rocky Mountains.
• A day of skiing on Breckenridge Mountain.
• At least a couple dozen sweet (and humbling) wipe-outs on the slopes!
• A day of skiing on Vail Mountain.
• Four days of good fellowship with good friends.
  
• Getting buried in several feet of snow after a wipe-out, and taking a solid 5 minutes to dig myself back out!
• Watching HGTV in the hotel with the boys (and loving it!).
• Cruising around CO in our tiny little Kia Rio (and barely making it up the mountains!).
• Super greasy (and tasty) burgers from Smash Burger.
• No broken bones!
• Getting away and enjoying God's beautiful creation.
  
• Growing icicles on my beard and my dreads while skiing in conditions that included heavy snow and temps. with a wind chill as low as -21!
• Relaxing in the hot tub at the hotel after freezing our butts off on the slopes all day.
  
• A romantic Valentine's Day dinner with the boys! (Mad props to these guys' wives for letting them take a men-only trip over V-Day!).
• The best (and biggest) nachos I have ever eaten from the Dam Brewery Restaurant in Dillon, CO.
• Interesting conversations with strangers on the ski lifts.
• Challenging conversations with Teddy both on the way to and from the Chicago airport at the beginning and the end of our trip.

Great trip. Great friends. Great times!