We're gonna party like it's 2009, too...

You know, I was just reading Capt. Tom's post about how he can't believe that it has been 10 years since Operation Mayhem. Surprisingly, for me, I can believe it. It does seem a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Things were different back then. We all lived at home, had different jobs, had no money, no significant others, etc... The point is it really couldn't have been a more different era.

What really surprises me is how the last five to seven years have been incredibly short. It seems like just last year that I was cursing off the Thorpedo for missing a trip only to have him show up to the mountain before me and present me a beer stein engraved with the words, "Operation Jim You Chug".

It feels like just last month that we were telling Keith on his first Tremblant experience that there were only a few more hours left in our trip when the mountain was clearly in sight.

It feels like just last week that we were stacking beer glasses into a pyramid at La Diable and getting Extreme (respect).

And it feels like just yesterday that I created a video montage about the last ten years of the PQ Ski Team. ...okay, that was yesterday.

I guess what I'm saying here is that the older we get, the faster these things go by. Sadly, some of these trips are literally a blur. For this 10th anniversary trip, let's take a few moments each day, stop, look around, and soak in everything that is the PQFI, that is La Diable, and that is Tremblant. Let's not be in such a rush to get to the mountain, but enjoy the ride up there. Let's let this trip linger and give it the due respect of a true 10th anniversary experience.