Back Home in Texas

Here's my belated post of the last few weeks in Colorado and the road trip home. Before leaving the Rockies, I made sure to see some ice hockey. First off was the biggest rivalry in the state: Colorado College versus Denver University. Denver came down to the Springs and defeated the home team in World Arena. Next up was a trip to DU's home ice, Magness Arena for another huge rivarly: U.S.A. versus Canada women's hockey. The Canadians dominated the U.S. in what could be a preview to the gold medal match at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

My buddy Anthony booked a one-way flight to Colorado so that he could accompany me on my drive south to Texas. While finishing out my last week at my internship, we spent a few nights in downtown Manitou Springs. What we didn't know was that the small mountain shuts down at 7pm. We toured the few bars still open and met some interesting people. Our drive home went by in a flash except for our highly-anticipated overnight stop in Amarillo. Turns out there isn't much more to do in the Texas panhandle than there is in Manitou Springs. We ended up going to the one tourist attraction in Amarillo, the Big Texan Steakhouse. The gaudy tourist trap left us wishing we had kept driving through the night.

I'm now home in San Antonio preparing for the Olympic Games and getting my life together. My plan for the blog during the Games is to make one short post a night, possibly with a single snapshot of the day, rather than an entire photo album.

Click HERE for photos of our road trip.

Click HERE for Teresa's article on the Southeast Texas swamp thing.

Days until the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games: 36