I had a really hard time trying to decide between titles for this entry. It was either going to be this title, or 'Best Summer Ever'. The title I chose is comes from one of my favorite quotes from Jeff Burke. The basic idea is that whenever you are really enjoying some thing, some place or some experience, it's a good time to leave. That way you'll always want to come back.
When I came back to Jackson this summer I was so not ready to leave Thailand. Life was good in the land of smiles and I didn't want to jump back into the fast pace that my U.S. lifestyle is. Oddly enough, 3 months later I'm not ready for that fast pace to stop. From snowboarding early season, going out with friends, hiking the classics, spending time with family, hitting the music festival weekly, to swing dancing at the cowboy and shutting down the bars every night, life was very full this summer. I have to give most of the credit to my partner in crime, Erin Roy, who was always up for a good time. Here is the video of us dancing at the Cowboy. Watching it definitely makes me nostalgic.
One of the tools that made this great summer possible was my new monster truck. Purchased for $5000, this 1995 Forerunner on a liftkit was nothing short of 'high school awesome'. At 13 miles to the gallon, standing 7'2" tall with the biggest subwoofer you've ever seen, listening to nothing for 3 months except for this hip hop group out of bozeman, EightTrack Mind; it provided me with hours and hours of entertainment.
Finally, my summer was spent growing out my ridiculous haircut. What started as some misguided attempt to be the first person to actually try to grow a comb-over, turned into a full on obsession. Now I'm stuck somewhere in the middle of bad high school teacher hair and full blown clown hair.
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