no matter where you go, there you are

kurtis and i went up to tahoe for a day of boarding, to take advantage of the huge storm that pounded the bay area this week, dumping four+ feet of fresh powder up in the sierras. we ended up at squaw valley, since alpine sold out by 10:30 since they’re doing that $39 deal this year. it was pretty great: lots of powder everywhere, which was actually quite a challenge, not having boarded in stuff so deep before. so it turns out, that if the powder’s too deep, if you slow down or turn too quickly or lean too far forward, you just sink into it and come to a stop (at best) or flip over (at worst). i sort of imagine it’s almost like beginning surfing. although, anything you do in that much powder just doesn’t hurt at all. it’s like falling into a huge pillow. so i was able to be much more reckless, because the falls were painless. even the groomed runs were soft enough so you weren’t really in danger.

so at the end of the day, we board all the way down the mountain, and as we’re walking past the lodge to the car, we see this huge vehicle there. with speakers attached to it. and a dome on top. with a dj in it. blasting out fat beats. we’re like, “you know, that looks a lot like the space cowboys’ unimog. it is the unimog!” it turns out that they were just up there for the weekend, and playing a party on saturday, so they were out at the resort rockin’ it out. an incredibly pleasant surprise, which warmed the heart even better than a mug of hot cocoa.