35 Before 25: See Snow in Person

This one was completed accidentally. Two weeks ago, I was in Oklahoma visiting with family. It's a nice place to visit if you really like any of the following: church, college football, Wal-mart, or oversized American trucks. Overall, I was nonplussed. That said, I did feel a redeeming moment when I was walking around on my aunt's backyard acreage and it snow flurries started to fall from the sky. In April. I'm sure there's nothing enchanting about snow for people who have to shovel their driveways on a yearly basis, but for a guy from L.A. whose concept of snow is limited to the slushy, 1/2 manmade slopes of the local snow resorts, this was a cool moment. You just don't get moments of newness and wonder that often after about age 12. And maybe, it was just enough to get me back to Mammoth next winter, even if it means Josh gets carted down the mountain on his back by the ski patrol again.

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