Mid December 2017 I took a trip to Telluride Colorado. Telluride is one of the most quaint, beautiful, little towns I have ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes upon. The town is nestled into a valley about six hours west of Colorado Springs. Deep into the southern part of the Colorado’s Rocky mountains. The drive was long, 33 hours there and about 28 to get back. I traveled with the ski and board team by way of coach bus that had happened to break down in the middle of the night in Kansas, I’m 15° weather, without a replacement nearby. This didn’t bother me as much as some of the other fifty some students that came along for this ski trip to one of my favot states. I was along for the journey, and weather we made it or not it was definitely a memory. After getting a replacement and loading all of the luggage and ski/board equipment to other bus we managed to arrive at the town. The town was beautiful, all decorated for Christmas. It looked as if it were right out of a Hallmark movie. Lights strung across the small main Street. Christmas trees at every corner. A massive tree at the center of town adorned with a countless number of lights. They even had a tree made from old skis from the old days.
The reason for coming to Telluride was not for the beautiful town, it was for the skiing and snowboarding. The mountain, sadly, had not gotten it’s due snow fall yet. And because of this there was only 16 out of 160 trails open. This did not stop me from enjoying all that the town had to offer. The night life of the town was fairly low key and expensive, but the ski team provided an ample substitute. With the riding becoming repetitive after the first few hours each day it allowed time to go hiking in the nearby mountains, where I as able to drink from a stream and rest on an overlook above the town. Our lodging was only a short bus trip away from the downtown area. Where street art and small shops adorned the streets. The town had such a small town feel that it was nearly imooimposs to not feel like you were merely a visitor. We visited small coffee shops and even a small place that specializes in fancy toast. The town and the friends that I was with made the vacation. The snowboarding was disappointing, luckily steamboat here recently had made up for that.