Like every year I wanted to start 2015 off right and the only way I knew how to do that was with a fun filled adventure. While trying to plan such an adventure, Sarah and I debated things like a cruise or a camping trip but a strong, lingering desire I'd been having since seeing the film "Seven Sunny Days" back in 2009 finally reached a crescendo and convinced me it was time to try my hand at carving up some snowy mountain slopes. We had just been to Colorado a few months prior and really didn't feel like driving that far so we decided to look a bit closer to home. The nearest ski area was a place...

It was early December and 2011 was winding down to an end when my girlfriend Sarah asked me how I would rate the past year as a whole? Naturally I noted that I had met her that year so it was the best year ever, but I felt that there was still a void. I had started Grad School in the Spring and competed in the Texas Mile in May, but something was missing. I thought about it for a while, before I realized that I could not recall having gone on any grand adventure that year. As we discussed the topic, Sarah casually mentioned that she would go on any adventure that I wanted to so that I could finish...