~ 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 five 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.
~ 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.
~ 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've ever dressed in shorts, a parka and flip flops.
~ Your bridal registry is at REI.
~ It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled.
~ A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you as much as a Democrat in Congress.
~ Gun control means not dropping it.
~ You know South Park is a real place and you've been there.
~ You know what a "fourteener" is and you've been on one.
~ You can drive 65 mph in 13 feet of snow but God help you if it rains.
