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Christmas is in the air! *Happy Christmas jingle* The lights strung on houses and trees, hot cocoa in front of crackling fireplaces, commercialism going through the roof, Christmas carols on the radio, sleeping in a tent in the backyard .... *music stops abruptly* "Um... did she just say what I think she just said?" "Nah, no one's that stupid."
This weekend the front range area of Colorado has been in a "winter storm." Basically this means freezing weather and lots of snow. LOTS. OF. SNOW. Natives of Colorado take this forecast to mean a lovely evening (or two or three) in front of the fireplace (or more likely, the TV), only going outside to shovel the walk occasionally. My sister, however, marches to her own beat (of a totally different instrument). She took the forecast to mean camp out! Unfortunately, I'm not very good at saying "no." So, on the worst night of the whole year so far (six inches of snow on the ground and still coming fast), she and I set up our tent in our backyard.
I will have you know that I actually slept in the tent throughout the whole night. It was pretty comfortable too. A mattress of snow is rather soft. It kept snowing all night so when we got up the snow was about six inches up the sides of the tent. For any of you out there with this opportunity, I would definitely recommend taking advantage it. The frostbite eventual goes away (or its cut off...no problem).
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