December was an epic month for me in Aspen. My switch riding is quickly improving, I'm able to do all four 180s, and pulled my first frontside 360 with an Indy grab. On accident, I nearly pulled off a frontside 540...thankfully four feet of powder was around. I was on the mountains riding all but three days this month and am having the time of my life. For Christmas, my parents came out for about a week to visit. They came just in time for some incredible snow. Despite having to evacuate from our hotel one night due to a fire in the condo directly above us, we had a great time.
As my parents flew back to San Diego, a new set of visitors arrived - Joe (friend from Duke), Katy (Austinite who I met during a friend's wedding), and Kelly (Katy's sister). They were treated to some great weather and a very interesting New Year's. Sometime during the day of December 31, a local Aspen man delivered packages claiming to be bombs to four local Aspen banks. Sixteen blocks of downtown Aspen were evacuated. I was supposed to work that night, so I had to remain on-call as the restaurants and bars in the area were hoping to re-open after the threat was elminated. It wasn't. The bomb squad detonated all four bombs on new year's day. The man responsible for threat was found with a gun shot to his head in his car. Needless to say, local Aspen restaurants and bars were hit hard by not being open on New Year's Eve. But, the four of us had an amazing week of riding, boozing, and shuffle board.
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