Love Where You Live

When I came to this mountain town in Northern Nevada to live, I was part miserable, part steeped in regret. I would plaintively lament: "What have I done and where did I end up"? I've retold this story many times, but I clearly remember thinking what is there to do in a mountain town of 300,000. I mean, where's the nightlife and the shopping? Having grown up in cosmopolitan Manila, my only options for recreation then were clubbing and midnight madness shopping at its abundance of malls. I could not handle big wide open spaces. But I suppose our human survival instincts have taught us to fight or flight. Either love your situation or get the heck out. I fought. And here are just a few of the reasons why I stayed and loving it, truth be told. All of these photos were shot today after a late snowstorm dumped over a foot of fresh snow.

And yes, I splurged on a 29er also. I took this capricious beauty home today and you wouldn't believe my giddiness rolling over curbs and sidewalks (for now). I can't wait to take it out on the trail! But it's ski day tomorrow, so she's staying clean. For now.

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