This past weekend while we were back in the snowbelt region of Western NY, Lou and I took the opportunity to spend a Saturday at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville. This is the spot where I first learned to snowboard in highschool. The Tannenbaum Quad lift was always my favorite ride because it takes you on a peaceful route through the woods and drops you among hundreds of long-trunk pine trees. While nearly everything in my life has changed since those ski club days, this spot seems frozen in time, and just as beautiful as ever.