This may be redundant to those of you who know me... But I'm always comparing our Mountain Town to my College Town. It's uncanny how the years tend to parallel each other.
Freshman year in College = You have the excitement of being somewhere new. Everyone is attending some type of costume party while wearing scantily clad cavewoman, sexy secretary, or cowgirl costume.
Freshman year in College = You have the excitement of being somewhere new. Everyone is attending some type of costume party while wearing scantily clad cavewoman, sexy secretary, or cowgirl costume.
Freshman year in a Mountain Town = You have the excitement of being somewhere new. Everyone is attending some type of a costume party while wearing scantily clad Aspen Extreme, Hotdog, or 80's gear.
Sophomore year in College = You shift from the dorms to a house. You start hanging out with that one guy. Your close friends are formed whether it's regional, dorm connection, or, for some people, club or greek related.
Sophomore year in a Mountain Town = You shift from the apartment to a house or visa-versa. You begin to go "ski" dates or "climbing" dates. You form a good set of friends from either your region (South vs. East coast), from work (ski school vs. restaurant), appropriate hobby (climbers vs. anglers) or, in our specific case, the "Ex-Wives" club (when you date guys in the same house).
Junior Year in College= You part ways with your man and study abroad. You drink French wine and German beer. It's great to leave and it's great to return. You're never the same.
Junior Year in Mountain Town = You part ways with your man and you backpack in a 3rd world country. You drink Beer Laos and Gallo. It's great to leave and it's great to return. You're never the same.
Senior Year in College = Oh, no. I'm broke and what's my next step?! I need to declare my major!!
Senior Year in Mountain Town = Oh, no. I'm broke and what's my next step?! What's my major again?!!
Many people decide to move to another mountain town, or to switch it up and try a surf town or a biking town! Credits do tend to transfer, so if you were a rafting guide one summer, that will help in your transition. The extra credits make it easier acclimating to the new "adventure" crowd and you have the added bonus of having experience, which could land you a similar job. If you really want to stick it out and commit, you can become a 5th year or you can begin dating someone established, "aka" a professor of the region! This usually includes some real estate agent, a lawyer, or a local boy whose family has lived here for generations.
A few people decide to move "off-campus" and choose to live in Wilson or Victor, both are towns that reside about 15 -30 miles away from the main resort town. I decided to do this my Junior Year. It's a chill, slightly older, crowd that has lived in the region for a few extra years. It's great, but at times you start to miss the convenience of being "on-campus". Not everyone's story parallels mine, some people take A.P. credits like Calculus or NOLS, so they take a different path.
Ok, since I've declared my major, I've gotta start studying... I want to get accepted into that nursing school in a surfing town, that way ALL of my credits will transfer.
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