I have always loved the obscure. Part of my contrarian nature. I can enjoy a motorcycle ride though Chalk Creek/Yellow Creek to Evanston as much as a walk through the Sistine Chapel; or, an off season Amtrak ride to Glenwood Springs with the LSDM Train Group as much as a dinner cruise on the Bosphorous. Don't get me wrong. I like that other stuff, but the obscure holds a special place in my psyche. The LSDM Ma and Pa ski tour fits in nicely with the obscure ethos.