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ditto with jeremy..........heres my fond recollections of living "30" minutes away from denver as the brochures state in evergreen,colorado.
1st year at regis college mandatory dorm .
2nd,3rd,4th year move up to house in evergreen, with room mate and family we knew. there daddy/mommy/and 2 kids and me and my roommate who each had a room. lived on 10 acres abutting national forest.
dont ever depend on colorado dept of transportation to plow a road when ya need it most.
learn how to x/c ski
learn how to use a snowplow
learn how to use snowshoes
buy a u.s. army weasel or bigger tracked vehicle
buy a snowmobile
learn how to werk on snowmobile and snowblower and tracked vehicle
buy LOTS OF FOOD AND BOOZE etc. for when snowed in. and that is a GIVEN!
enjoy fighting with chains on vehicles
enjoy fighting with (4) chains if 4wd
learn how ya can kill yerself real fast with a winch
read winch instructions completely
be prepared to come out second story of house and walk on snow up to roof.
learn all about chainsaws
learn all about sharpening axe
learn about wood splinters
cut more wood than you can imagine
cut even more wood to stay alive
cut lots of wood just before dark to stay alive thru night
dont drive at night because of black ice
realize that hwy 285 and I-70 will be snowed in and ya will have to take I-25 south to get to phx.
wolf creek pass will be closed until snowplows clear it. never on yer schedule
buy lots of penelton shirts, thermal underwear, u.s army mickey mouse boots, let yer hair and beard grow real long and look like neil young on the "everyone knows this is nowhere"album.
get 2-3 really big malamute dogs
and then pray for 2-3 months of summer!
yep i wanna be a ski bum! bean der done dat.
when the roads clear and the suns out its a "winter-wunderland". when ya live in it daily......................well that crap goes right out the window!
snow skiing looses its glamour real real fast.
anything cold looses its glamour real real fast. when power lines down, ya have only one source of heat.................the fireplace! and fireplaces are MANUAL ONLY! ie. ya gots to cuts lots of woods to stay warm! OR DIE!
if i never cut wood before dark to stay alive that night ever again, i will be happy!
signed "snowed in juan TOO MANY TIMES!"
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