Now that I've got another trip planned, I'm back in the gym. My last gym day was 11/21 - the day before we left on the Winter Park trip. If you count the trip as exercise (and it was!) then that's just over 2 weeks of slacking. In those two weeks, I've consume more food than I like to think about. I guess my metabolism is high, because I can't seem to get full. Tonight I got on the scale to see if all the consumption had done damage. I weighed in at 171lbs - I think I was 172lbs when I left for Winter Park. Go me!
I don't really have a fitness 'program', but I've developed some habits. For a bit more information on snowboarding fitness programs, you can check out the fitness post on hitting kickers. He's also got a few other exercise related posts. There are also a few snowboarding fitness posts on about.com. I might try detailing my own routine in a future post.
Enough about fitness, I'm excited to talk about something else - methods of travel. That is, specifically in relation to the upcoming Steamboat trip. I'm going with someone I should probably call out as my bestest friend in the universe. She really wants to fly there. Best tickets we can find last minute are around $450 and airport transfer is around $40. I want to drive. This is, in part, because fuel costs will run about $300 - saving us at least $700. It's also because, tonight I decided I need to trade my Xterra in. We've had this long thread about the perfect snowtripping vehicle on DallasSnowboarders.com. I posted every vehicle I would consider owning and have been researching them all. At the end of it all, I can't find another vehicle that seems to best the Xterra in total package. So, I think I'll get another one. I think taking a road trip to Steamboat Springs is an excellent way to break in my new ride.