Other Updates: Lory State Park: Colorado has had quite the mild winter compared to past years that I've experienced. Much of the front range is brown with a smattering of snow spots here and there. As such, I figured I ought to get out and take advantage and fit in a mid-winter hike. It seems like forever since I was on my last hike, and I'm just not prepared to wait until spring or summer for another one. So, in a pretty random manner, I decided to head up to Lory State Park. Olympic Memories: Alpine Skiing: My father and I had so many great experiences at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics it's not even funny. To sum them up in three brief entries is impossible as I created a whole scrapbook of the event, and still could've put more in there about what we did and saw. From watching Americans Casey Fitzrandolph and Kip Carpenter win gold and bronze, respectively, in the men's 500m speed skating to the fun times we had out in Park City, Utah, there's just so much that I could say. But really, nothing can top our ride to our first event, men's downhill skiing, in terms of absurdity. Olympic Memories: Ice Hockey: If I had to choose one event to see at the Olympics it would be ice hockey. I grew up in Minnesota and thus grew up an ice hockey fan. I became interested in the sport too late to play, which is about 8-years-old in Minnesota, but held on to that love nonetheless. So, when my father and I purchased our ticket packages for the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, I knew I had to make sure I had some good puck in there to go with all the other events we'd see. And no, that didn't just mean me trying to beat little kids at the game in the Olympic Park downtown Salt Lake City (at which I lost for the record). |
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