Family Dinner

It happens every sunday evening. The majority of outdoor students or "Nolsies" cook something for potluck. Food is stacked to the t as our mouths start to water. New Belgium brew in one hand and a heaping plate in the other. Conversations of all types fill the room and laughs follow. I am a regular attendant but my recent contributions have been minimal. I feel bad, but am invited back week after week none the less. Good people here, many from the east coast, a hand full from the midwest and a select few from the west coast. CWC is common ground for outdoor students. We have all come here to earn an "education" and a degree for something we really have a passion for; Clear cool mountain air, middle fork sights and sounds, NOLS, miles of untouched powder, and climbing. It's love. It's a family.