Megan Westerkamp

Ok, I loved the snow in December! I couldn’t wait for it to snow but, it’s now May and Steamboat has received over 489 inches of snow during the season which ended April 6th. That’s over 40 feet of snow!! It’s now May 1st and it’s still SNOWING!!! I’m sick of it! If I can’t play in it, I don’t want it. Not to mention I took a little road trip through Utah and Nevada where the temps were in the 70’s and I fell in love with the warm weather. I don’t want to be here right now.

Utah and Nevada was so much fun. I went on a camping trip with a few of my friends making stops in Moab to see Arches National Park, Escalante to hike through the Slot Canyons, a drive through Capitol Reef National Park and Bryce Canyon, down to Zion, and ending in Vegas! I had such a good time that I was SO UPSET when I came back to the Boat to find out everyone was gone for mud season and my work decided to close for the week. I COULD HAVE STAYED OUT FOR ANOTHER WEEK!!! Grrrrr….

So I’m leaving Steamboat in a month! Crazy! I’ve decided to go work at a camp outside of Bemidji, Minnesota this summer teaching Photography! I’m excited! It should be a fun time. If you live in Minneapolis can I crash on your couch for a night on my way up north? I’ll be working at the camp through mid August.

Then…….It’s time for Megan to find a better paying job. I’m done with being poor. Although living in a ski town has its perks, I want to find a job where I can play and have fun but, make some money! Does this exist? I hope so! Where will move? I’m not sure.

Sorry I haven’t been better at posting!

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Damn it’s cold out!! It’s been in the negatives and it’s now finally warming up….well a little but it still feels like it’s in the single digits! Burrrrr!!! Poses a bit of difficulty when teaching ski school! Kids don’t want to go out! I’ve been having fun skiing. I bought a pair of Rossi twin tips. They’re pretty! I’ve ripping it 17 days so far. I hit a little bump in the road when I hurt my knee last week when trying to to a 180 off a jump last week! oops! So i lost a few days of REALLY good champagne powder days that Steamboat is well known for! sad I got a real nasty bruise too. Check it!

Last week I was diagnosed with kidney stones!! Fun times! I woke up last Thursday morning at 2am in a lot of pain in side and back and by 4am I just couldn’t take it any more so I had my roommate take me to the ER at 5 in the morning. After ruling out ovarian cysts, ruptures appendix and a cat scan I find out I have kidney stones!! Good news is I passed it! bad news I have another stone in my right kidney! I had to pee through a strainer to collect my stone!! I took it to the urologist today to find out why I got them. In the mean time my Doctor told me I need to be peeing 2.5 liters a day. So I get to keep measurement of how much I’m peeing. haha So If I have to pee that much, how much do I need to drink to make 2.5 liters!

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It’s been ages since I posted anything.   I guess I just haven’t been in the mood to write anything.  But I’m doing it now so I guess that’s good.  

A lot has happened since I last wrote.  Friends have gotten married, I’ve moved to a new place,  I’ve seen old friends and made some new.   I’m really enjoying Steamboat.  It’s a beautiful place especially now that all the leaves are changing to vibrant yellows, oranges and reds. Sometimes I can’t believe I live in this town. 

Work Is good.  We are back in the off season.  Summer tourist are gone and we have a few months until the winter tourist bombard the streets.   I have time to step back and take a breath for once, it’s nice.

My roommate and I move to a new place downtown.  It’s a cute little white house that houses myself, Heather, our 2 new roommates Chris and Ryan (an awesome musician) and 3 dogs.  Tally, a Rot/Australian cattle dog,  Avery, a yellow lab, and Deuce, a chocolate lab who is still a puppy and quite a terror!  the place is nice but our kitchen is under construction so we can’t make anything unless it uses a toaster, blender, or a microwave.   I’m getting quite irritated that its not done…….it’s been about a month since we moved in and it was supposed to be done by the time we moved in.  Oh the promises!  Let’s hope it gets done soon!

It’s getting cold here!  29 degrees tonight.  It’s supposed to snow!!!  WOO! I’m excited for winter to come……. that means friends are coming back into town !  FUN!!!  and it means skiing! I’m going to teach skiing again this winter on the mountain.   I’m excited!

 I’m heading to NYC this next week! I think I’m going to head to DC for a few days too to see my friend Eliza! I’m looking forward to go shopping since I haven’t bought anything since I have moved up here.   Not to many places to buy clothes in or around Steamboat unless you are looking for outdoor gear, so I’ve discovered online shopping!  Not quite the same.

I’ll try too keep up with posts!

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I HAVE THE NEW HARRY POTTER!!!!!

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OMG!!!   My first triathlon is finally upon me!   I am so scared, scared of the swimming portion due to the fact that it’s an open water swim and I’m not a very strong swimmer.   It’s tomorrow (Sunday).  Less than 24 hours I will be in the water.  AHHHH! I’m going to be back stroking in the whole time!!!!   I am strong, I can finish, I am strong, I can finish!

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I’m going to bed and it’s still light out!   It makes me feel like I’m in elementary school again when the time changed for daylight savings for the summer but you were still in school for a few more weeks and my mom would make me  go to bed at 8 and it was still light out.   I hated that.

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I’m so excited for the summer.   It’s going to be so much fun!  Work is good thus far. I really enjoy having days off to do things like hiking, and just being outside.  I work at a frame shop a few days a week and one of the ladies there decided to set me up with her physical therapist without asking me! ha I hate being set up.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  Other than that not much is going on besides training for my triathlon.  I’m so scared I’m going to drown.  I just hope my adrenaline kicks in to push me to the biking portion!

You should all listen to Burl Ives.

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It’s only been a month and a half since I have moved to beautiful Steamboat and I can’t ask for anything more.  My skiing is getting better but I still long for a snowboard.  It’s so much easier, but there are things I don’t miss about boarding such as having to sit down all the time. I guess I will be skiing next season though since I bought myself some new Rossis. The season ended on the 15th with a huge party on the mountain.  It was SO crazy and SO much fun! I’m sad it all has to end.  There are pictures posted on my flickr page.  It’s also the time where all my new friends are leaving for the summer.  So sad.  Most of them will be back next season so I only have to be depressed for 6 mos.  I am now looking for jobs……well I have 2 now and have been hired at 2 others and and had been called for some interviews.   Jobs are not hard to find here but finding the right combination is.  haha   I’ve gone from having no job options to too many jobs I don’t know what to do.   I’m heading back to Boulder this weekend to hopefully find myself a new car!  Cross your fingers!  I’m excited to see my old friends.  I a lot are flying into town for a show which I can’t wait to see.  SO EXCITED!! 

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It’s been 2 weeks since I have moved to Steamboat and it feels like it’s been a month, but in a good way!  I am living off of Steamboat Blvd at the base of the mountain in the only not newly renovated home.  I live on the ground floor and 4 crazy guys  and 3 dogs live above us.  It takes me 5 seconds to get to work which is AWESOME!!   I am working as a ski school instructor for the wee little kids.  3-6 year olds!  It’s so much fun and I get to work outside. I can’t ask for much more.  Except for more pay and to not get those bratty boys that don’t listen and can’t stand on their own 2 feet let alone skis!  Haha girls are better.  They learn faster and they are smarter!  I spend my days yelling “Let me see your frenchfries! PIZZA! PIZZA!  I WANT TO SEE YOUR PIZZA!  STOP  STOP STOP!!!!”  hahaha

I’ve already met a lot of people here which is easy when you’re a girl living in a town where the population is 95% male. haha  but really my coworkers are great and a lot of fun I have been partying way too much since I have been here.  It’s crazy and I don’t have the energy for it. ha ha

 Oh, I went skiing for the fist time since I was 15.  I SUCK!  I thought it would be like riding a bike.  NO! I got so frustrated! I think I want to go back to boarding.  Easier!  I’ll try it again before I rule it out but man my body hurts! haha  Sorry heather for having to deal with me!

P.S.  COME VISIT!!!!!

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