Thats High!So for spring break this year (our final of our undergraduate careers!) Dusty and I decided to skip the sun and the sand and head out to Colorado. We got up at 3am Thursday morning and flew from Raleigh to Denver. My dad picked us up at around 9am local time and we headed off to his place of residence. After a few days of hanging out and catching up on some much needed sleep we packed our things and drove off to the Rocky Mountains. We stopped in at Idaho Springs so Dusty could get her BeauJo's fix. If you are ever in Idaho Springs and are hungry I highly recommend BeauJo's. Best pizza I've ever had! We then continued our travels to Silverthorne. Checked into the hotel, gathered our wits.... and went out. (c:) Monday morning we got up around 7. Put on our newly purchased ski gear, rented some skis and headed up to Keystone resort. (about 10 miles up the road) After testing out our skills on the "schoolmarm" my dad thought it would be ok to take us down a "blue" run [never again]. Yikes. My legs have never been so tired. I fell 4 times that day but managed not to injure myself too badly. Around 3 we decided it was time to head out because we were exhausted. Skiing is one of the most tiresome things I have ever done. This morning, (tuesday), we got up and donned our attire once again. Back to the resort. More skiing. Less falling. My dad called me pie wedge (pie legs!?!?) all day. For those of you who have been skiing... you know what this means. We called it quits around 1 because we still had to drive back and once again we were tired. Daddy took us back through Loveland Pass (as you can see) so we got to use our new(ish) cameras to take some amazing pictures. The mountains out here never cease to amaze me. I have seen them almost once a year for my entire life but they still take my breath away. Just standing (and sliding) on top of the mountain and staring out across the snow-capped range made the nerves and the sweaty palms worth it.
So we (semi-reluctantly) came back down the mountain to find it was 75 degrees outside. (score!) We went and had chinese at my uncle's house and were well entertained by my cousins (Justin, 7 and Joe, 4) We came back home and watched The Abyss...semi-bad early 90s Sci-Fi. almost 3 hours long. Dusty gets to pick the next movie....
So tomorrow we will do laundry, rest up, hang out, laugh, and have fun. Its been a good trip and a great experience. I love Colorado as always though I know the east coast is my home. I am having a lot of fun but of course I am missing someone terribly. I will be sad to leave my dad but I am excited to get home and kiss and hug Kyle and finish up my last two months at Campbell.
These are the best days of our lives.
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
and eventually you'll finally get it right
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
and eventually you'll finally get it right
