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dont get me wrong about colorado, i love it. have spent beaucoup times up there, many many times after living there.
buttttttttttttt......................the fairy tails end very very quickly when you are stuck in a whiteout on I-70/285/I-25, on a ski lift,sliding down yer driveway into a snowbank that swallows you.
when you cant find your car in the parking lot etc.
there is a very real and valid reason why some land is expensive and others inexpensive.
now living in vail/aspen/copper/telluride and jumping out in the morning into yer ski booties and ge-schussen down to the lift is fine and dandy and wayyyy fun. but once you leave all the comforts....................you better watch the weather and really really be prepared for the worst. and it happens every year someone gets into an avalanche or accidents skiing out of bounds areas.
the family we lived with , her dad was one of the original guys involved with starting vail. she showed us some incredible areas, but also cautioned us as to right way wrong way and how to survive winters.
i have gone back a coupla times now hunting. and added to your instate/out of state license/tag fee is a "search and rescue" fee. cuz each and every year some dumbass hunter gets caught in snow and dies. the standing line re: late season hunters is if ya think yer gonna die because of exposure...................find yerself a big log and bend over it and lie there so when ya FREEZE TO DEATH, your corpse will be bent over and its easier for search and rescue to place you on pack animals saddle. ie. yer PRE-FORMED!
and heres another tip..............whatever you do. do NOT tell someone from colorado yer from texas. trust me on this one!
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