To me, Colorado has always been about skiing and Coors Beer. It’s actually quite amazing that I ever got into the downhill sport considering my aversion to the great outdoors. I’m more of an inside kind of guy that struggles with the inconveniences of being outside. However, here I am in Steamboat Colorado without my skis, and lots of friends asking me why? What is there to do in that cow town without snow? Here’s my poetic answer: 

Rocky Mountain Why?

Hello from Colorado,
A Rocky Mountain Hi!
Steamboat in summer?
I’ll tell you why.

The sky’s just as blue,
Sun’s equally bright.
And not everything,
Is covered in white.

Lift tickets are less,
Because there’s no snow.
Fields of wild flowers,
While rivers freely flow.

No bundling up,
Or skis to tow.
Without all the ice,
The foliage can grow.

Few puffy coats,
No clunky boots.
Less need to pack,
Those bulky snow suits.

No gloves to remove,
To eat your dinner.
Without all those layers,
I feel much thinner.

Still twinkly lights,
And fun in the air.
Less likely to slip,
When you run from a bear.

Fewer people in casts,
From nasty falls.
Your pee-pee won’t freeze,
When nature calls.

Biking, Hiking,
A fish on the hook.
Or sit in the sun,
With a good book.

The roads are clear,
And flights on time.
And smoking pot’s,
No longer a crime.

You can dine outside,
See snow capped peaks.
Don’t have to worry,
About wind-chilled cheeks.

No snow boarders,
Zipping recklessly by.
To me this is,
The main reason Why?

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