One of the few things that I think would make Lincoln better would be mountains. I grew up near Colorado and we went snow skiing every winter. Mountains in Lincoln get me back on the slopes. AND, we could have a day where hundreds of people dressed like Santa Claus could ski too, just like in Maine.
Last weekend, a few hundred skiing Santa’s hopped on skis and snow boards and slid down a mountain to raise money for a local charity there. Even the Grinch showed up to help out. (You can see him on the video at the 21 second mark.)
I haven’t been skiing in 20 years. Do we have any money left over from the downtown renovation? We could use it to start building a mountain on the south side of town. I think I’m going to call Mayor Baird about this and see if she can get the ball rolling. Think about how much tourist money would pour into Lincoln if we had a new mountain. We could get a Husker ski team going. It’d be a place we could dump all the extra snow we get. And in the summer, it could provide shade to the entire city. Who’s with me on this?