The Eve of My New Adventure! PART 2

     The past week at Copper Mountain was great,  finally had a night of dancing and karaoke in the same weekend.  Yea, I rocked it.  If you watch The Voice, Beau Thomas performed during the blind auditions but unfortunately did not make it.  He performs every week at Stormking Lounge at Copper Mountain and I've seen him a few times and I think he's great and I'm positive things will work out for him.  Click here if you would like to see the performance. 

Anything is possible!

Beau Thomas

     I decided that I would start my travels back to Illinois yesterday after work. When 5:30pm hit I did some final shopping for the family and then picked up my car from the parking lot to start loading my car. 

     When I got to the lot my car was no where near where I parked it.  That's when I started freaking out because I was towed away.  I ran into a friend and I told her about my situation and she said that another one of her friends was towed but was towed to the other end of the parking lot.  At that moment I just started sprinting, and there she was.  I was so relieved that I laid on top of my car and gave her a big hug.

I drove back to the edge to pick up my stuff and I said my final goodbyes to some friends before I left.  Maybe I'll come back next season, who knows?

     I started driving and it started snowing.  I figured since it's only an hour and a half drive I would be fine.  I wanted to leave that night so I could avoid driving in the mountains during the morning where there would most likely be more traffic and the roads would have iced-over over night.  I soon realized that I made the wrong decision.  It started snowing harder and by the time I passed Frisco I was getting dumped on.  The wind was so strong that the snow was coming from the side and I could barely see the road lines.  I then started to slip to the side of the road.  I had to resort to following a trucks tracks in order to get traction.  Many cars and trucks I passed were having the same problem but worse.  Cars got stuck all over the road due to no traction leading to numerous close accidents.  Once I got out of the mountains the temperature jumped up another 10 degrees making snow melt when making contact with the ground. My worries subsided and I finally made it to Denver after a 2 hour and 40 minute drive.

     It was as if the universe was trying to keep me at Copper or it tested my resilience.  Interpret it however you'd like but I'll be back in Illinois by Thursday.  

      When I got to Dennis' place in Denver we went out to watch one of his friends play in a cigar bar downtown. I've never smoked a cigarette before I only smoke cigar's during special occasions and since I'm starting a new adventure it was a perfect time to have a celebratory cigar. I haven't had a cigar since my last days of working at Disneyland with Matt Shaff almost 2 years ago.  That night I also took pleasure in trying to wingman for Dennis, unfortunately I was not successful that night,  I shall wingman for you once again.  I also had free drink tickets that night but since we had to leave I had the opportunity to give them to a random person and I'm glad the guy was extremely appreciative.  We ended the night watching Pokemon and eating DP Dough, good times.

      Today I was supposed to start my drive back to Illinois but first I thought it would be best to get an oil change and to have my front passenger side tire checked since I've been refilling it every other week. I arrived at Walmart at 9am and  I find out that my tires have not been rotated since I got them.  Totally my fault,  I thought my tires were being rotated whenever I went in for an oil change.  I thought that's what someone told me at the Walmart Auto Center but apparently I was wrong.  So I had to get my tires realigned and then replace the front two tires because they were totally worn and get my oil changed adding up to around $300.  I'll take it as a blessing in disguise.  I could have been in the middle of Nebraska with a blown out tire or worse.   So here I am now sitting at a Starbucks in Denver writing this blog. I leave tomorrow morning so I get to see Elise Bucher tonight!

Don Out.