You Might Be From Colorado If…

You know the ‘correct’ pronunciation of Buena Vista and Coloradoan.

SPF 90 is not out of the question.

April showers bring May blizzards.

You have stood on solid ground and looked down on an airplane in flight.

You see someone riding a Harley in a snowstorm, and you look closer to see if it’s someone you know.

Timberline is someplace you have actually been, many times.

People from other states breathe 5 times more often than you.

Having a Senator named ‘Nighthorse’ doesn’t seem strange.

A full moon has never kept you awake.

You have an $800 stereo in a $300 truck.

Knowing that Texas and California are downstream gives you a certain feeling of satisfaction when you flush.

You know who Alferd Packer was.

You carry your $3,000 mountain bike on top of your $500 car.

You have a business degree and are frying burgers at a McDonald’s in Vail.

You think a pass does not involve a football or a woman.

You are 82 years old and take up snowboarding.

Your real Y2K fear was running out of Celestial Seasonings tea and trail mix.

You get depressed after one day of cloudy weather.

You think that formal wear is ironed denim.

You own a big dog named Aspen, Buck, Cheyenne, Tex, or Dakota that wears a bandanna.

North means “mountains to the left,” south is “mountains to the right,” and east and west are where all those liberals keep moving in from.

You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels “sticky” and you notice the sky is no longer blue.

You consider a three-piece suit to be a pair of shorts, a sweatshirt, and Birkenstocks.

Your bridal registry is at REI.

You expect the additional season… “Road Construction.”