The Burn was an incredible experience to say the least - the androgynous pic was from a lingerie party (which required female attire for all attendees - needless to say I was not very risque compared to some men that showed up - at least I had a sexy little vixen in a black corset, butterfly wings and a thong to dance with...)
On the way back from Nevada we stopped in Utah - where I thought about buying a house. 184k for a 3200 ft^2 house... unbelievable and it had character (it even had a laundry chute) and it was close to skiing... after doing more research it turns out that Logan (where we were looking) is 95% Mormon and also happens to have the worst air quality in the US. The reason for the poor air quality was the reason I loved it so much - we drove up over the mountains and down into this valley and there were BARNS and CORN FIELDS!! It was just like home... but surrounded by mountains. It's the agriculture and the resulting temperature inversions that cause the air to be so bad.... so we moved on. We then looked at Sandy, UT - which is just south East of Salt Lake and is at the entrance to Little Cottonwood canyon (which is where Alta and Snowbird are) - homes were cheap there and we would be 6 miles from some of the best skiing I've ever had in my life... but we'd be in tract homes with no character - and basically be in a suburb - and I hate suburbs. Funny thing about all of this was that despite being surrounded by Mormons, I kept my hair dyed red in two mohawks (that looked sort of like devil horns... funny shit I tell ya - definitely an experiment in social norms).
So we drove back to little ol' Crested Butte where it's hard to get anywhere being that it's 5 hours from Denver and 3 hours from Grand Junction... but it is in the middle of the out doors - which I love every day. Too bad a single family home here goes for $1.2M (hence our looking elsewhere - cause it'd be really nice to be able to buy instead of continuing this tradition of renting for the past 10 years of my life.) Rent is only 300$ a person and we are ski-in ski-out and mtn bike-in mtn bike-out so I can't complain. Apparently though the condo we're in loses all of its natural light as the snow piles up... I can't live in a cave. So we're looking for a new place now - as our lease ends in the middle of November.
Went for a mtn bike ride yesterday that was absolutely gorgeous - the fall leaves are starting to change - and there is nothing better than ripping through an Aspen grove as the sun peers down through the golden glow that the leaves create... COME VISIT! We're thinking about having either a summer or fall wedding out here. We have yet to decide on a date. Initially we were thinking a holiday (4th of July or Labor day) but we were shot down by my parents who just had to travel on Labor day for my cousin's wedding - they claimed it's so much more hectic and expensive then just any other weekend in fall or summer (which makes sense).
Rode horses with Liz today and took pics of a recently married couple on their honeymoon. We applied officially for Ski Patrol today in that we met with the Head of Patrol and handed in our hard copy applications in person. Hopefully that went well. They start interviewing in the middle of October... so we'll know more in a month.
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