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After a horrid drive down to Denver Wednesday afternoon, the sun is back.  Traveling through the first real snow storm of the season, on my way to the Two Plank Premier at the Gothic Theater, the mood was right for a ski movie, but the driving was out of a National Lampoons movie.  A gauntlet of traffic, seemingly playing bumper cars with the center dividers and guardrails, full of people realizing that they did not have sow tires on and it was snowing…  Trucks jackknifed, cars flipped, stuck, smashed, spun around, etc.  The first snow storm always traps the unsuspecting motorist, but for snow enthusiasts the first snowstorm is a sign of good things to come. However, despite the early season powder day, today the sun is out and the snow has gone.  Fall is not yet ready to surrender to winter’s wrath, but soon enough the unsuspecting motorist will be trapped once more.None-the-less, the video premier at the Gothic was a great time.  The crowed was stoked and the mixed crowed of skiers and snowboarders in conjunction with Standard Films was a cool experience.  It was Wednesday night, so some took it easy as the real world awaited them in the morning, but a good time for all.  Check out some pictures of the antics below, but remember the snow is coming so don’t get caught without adequate snow tires. (A friendly word from your State Patrol.)   

There is an indisputable anticipation that builds this time of year as we wait for snow to fall, but the story that nature tells through awe-inspiring color is unfortunately not a precursor for the winter to come.  If it were so, this fall would be a sign for truly good things to come as the colors have been nothing short of brilliant.  Lets hope the snow season is half as good as the color would indicate if there were any correlation between the two, but none-the-less here are a few of the seasons best sights and maybe some of the best through a lifetime. 

This time of year can make you plan and ponder the months to come, but no matter if you are chopping wood or waxing skis there is a unique vigor that motivates us through this time of transition.  As the days get shorter, colder, and it becomes less and less appealing to get out of bed in the morning the energy of anticipation is all that carries us through until winter’s arrival.  Trying to predict the amount of snow that will fall, or when the snow itself will come does us no good, but ultimately these thoughts may be all we need to calm our earnest desires to frolic with nature yet again.  However, as planning for the season becomes increasingly difficult yet more imperative given economic constraints and other factors we are faced with, we have to remain resolute knowing that soon enough it will come and the colors of blissful unimportance will soon be gone.