Aspen, CO

I drove to Denver and went out with a few friends the 9th then woke up early the next day and drove to Aspen, CO through Independence Pass. Going to Aspen was amazing the trees had all turned yellow and it was snowing. I drove to Aspen to go to the Aspen Skiing Company job fair. Since it is getting colder I decided it would be warmer for me if I found a place to work that also had employee housing. I was lucky enough to be offered a job with Ajax Tavern as a hostess. Ajax Tavern is a ski-in/ski-out restaurant at the base of the Silver Queen Gondola. I looked over the menu and I am extremely excited about the truffle fries and double cheeseburger! I get a free snowboard pass to all four of the mountains for the season which I am really excited about and a discount on equipment. I FINALLY get the Ride board I have been wanting!
After I was offered the job and I accepted I left to make my way the Beulah. When I got back to the base of the mountain the pretty snow that had been falling was now deep and slushy snow. I am from Kentucky and well when it snows the whole town shuts down, I also drive a mustang which doesn't have the best traction in the rear or four wheel drive. It took me twice as long to make it back over the pass and I promised Betty (the mustang) that if we made it safely over the pass we would stop at the first town and get a hotel for the night. The only vehicles I passed going back over the pass were SUV or trucks, all of which probably were think that I was an idiot way out of my depth. Which I probably was but I didn't have many options, and I was afraid if I stayed the night it would just get worse. I trudged on through the slushy, slick snow. I passed several cars that were parked at the base of the mountain on the opposite side that didn't even attempt the mountain pass, one was a mustang just like mine. I made it down slowly but surely and stopped in Buena Vista for the night. I had the best pizza from Pizza Works - Italian Pizza with pepperoni, mushroom, roma tomato, roasted garlic slices. The garlic slices made it one of the best pizzas I had ever had.

Aspen Trees - golden and old tuck with logs

Mountain with the trees turned

On the way back over the pass- Base of the mountain