The last month.

I recently had the epiphany (not all that remarkable though) that I have had a good month.  An adventurous month for sure.  To sum everything up, I took all of my Instagram photos, re-captioned them, and put them into a few paragraphs full of run on sentences and grammatical errors.  I hope this reads in a similar blur that my month seemed to have been. 

I left Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the erudite company of several college friends.  Took to the road to discover the Continental Divide from Montana to New Mexico.  Tried to find winter in Utah and succeeded.  Atop Mt. Reynolds in the Wasatch, I discovered what so many people have already seen in Utah: limitless ski potential.  Saw huge, red rocks for the first time in the Utah desert at Arches.  Arches is pretty much a jungle gym made of rock.  Also, Double O looks like a monkey punching a rock.  I entered Colorado and immediately there was a breath-taking NP.

I entered the Colorado Rockies.  Sending postcards from every adventure along the way.  Trying not to forget to communicate with the ones I love.  Saw my first 14er while on the first mountain I would climb in Colorado.  Chewie the dog climbed Green Mountain with me and the Wang brothers, too.  Went to my first baseball game of the season and saw Kyle Kendrick get shelled.  Sorry Rockies. Attempted to climb my first 14er.  Found out altitude is a game changer.  But found Hidden Valley, a self-propelled snow sliding resort within Rocky Mountain NP. 

Ate breakfast in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP on my first trip from Denver to Durango.  

 

My parking spot at the BCGNP had a view to remember.  Wherever you see statues of bears fighting eagles, you can rest assured you are in a good place.  I got to have my first (and what I thought would be last) Colorado campfire.  No one wants to disappoint Smokey!  Then we climbed a few hills and slid down.  I truly enjoy sliding down mountains on snow.   I have also grown quite fond of the red rocks that make up a large part of the Colorado Rockies. Especially the volcanic SanJuans (ask me about their geology!)  Durango has such good views, one moment you're looking at the grocer and you turn around to see several layers of mountains.  If you're lucky, some are snow capped. 

I found some more turns that I could earn at Hoosier pass on my way back to Denver. Seeing tiny people on the broad mountain sides reminds me of the theme song to the Showtime series, Weeds. Tiny boxes on the hillside.  While camping in Pike NF before rafting the Royal Gorge with Dr. Wang and Henriquez, I had the revelation that car camping is thebest.  Also, my tent is awesome.  The three B's that make car camping great:  bathrooms, beer, and bacon!  I skied Loveland Pass because, as Mr. Nitrous so eloquently said, "[I] love skiing laps."  But it was $25 and they had a hut at the top of several lifts with a propane grill and they didn't care if you had your beer run before your last run.  To celebrate all my fun times in Denver I tried to burn it to the ground and cook steak and corn on its coals (I BBQ'd).

 I truly enjoy my room with a view in Durango.  I started work again.  It's pretty good so far, but I have to be nice to my coworkers or they'll spit on me.  My first week working at camp and I already fit right in.  I drove a van that distinctly reminded me of my grandfather's 1986 GMC Suburban.  I'm no cowboy, but I do enjoy working with horses in the mountains.

If that was too confusing, peruse these photos and hopefully the adventure will be clearer.

I left Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the erudite company of these lovely people.

Took to the road to discover the continental divide from Montana to New Mexico

Tried to find winter in Utah.  I succeeded.

Atop Mt Reynolds in Little Cottonwood Canyon, I discovered what so many people have already seen in Utah: limitless ski potential.

Saw huge, red rocks for the first time in Utah desert at Arches.

Arches is pretty much a jungle gym made of rock.  Also, Double O looks like a monkey punching a rock.

I entered Colorado and immediately there was a breath-taking NP.  Then I entered the Colorado Rockies.

Sending postcards from every adventure along the way.

Trying not to forget to communicate with the ones I love.

Saw my first 14er while on the first mountain I would climb in Colorado.

Chewie climbed the mountain with me.

Went to my first baseball game of the season and saw Kyle Kendrick get shelled.  Sorry Rockies.

Attempted to climb my first 14er.  Found out altitude is a game changer.

But discovered a self propelled snow sliding resort within Rocky Mountain NP

Ate breakfast in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP on my first trip from Denver to Durnago

My parking spot at the BCGNP had a view to remember.

Wherever you see statues of bears fighting eagles, you can rest assured you are in a good place.

I got to have my first (and what I thought would be last) Colorado campfire.  No one wants to disappoint Smokey!

Then we climbed a few hills and slid down. 

 I truly enjoy sliding down mountains on snow.

I have also grown quite found of the red rocks that make up a large part of the Colorado Rockies.  Especially the volcanic San Juans (ask me about their geology!)

Durango has such good views, one moment you're looking at the grocer and you turn around to see several layer of mountains.  If you're lucky, some are snow capped.

I found some more turns that I could earn at Hoosier pass on my way back to Denver.

Seeing tiny people on the broad mountain sides reminds me of the theme song to the Showtime series Weeds.  Tiny boxes on the hillside...

While camping in Pike NF before rafting the Royal Gorge with Dr. Wang and Henriquez, I had the revelation that car camping is the best.  Also, my tent is awesome.

The three B's that make car camping great:  Bathrooms, beer, and bacon!

I skied Loveland Pass because, as Mr. Nitrous so eloquently said it, "[I] love skiing laps."

But it was $25 and they had a hut at the top of several lifts with a propane grill and they didn't care if you had your beer run before last run.

To celebrate all my fun times in Denver I tried to burn it to the ground and cook steak and corn on its coals ( I BBQ'd)

I truly enjoy my room with a view in Durango.

I started work again.  It's pretty good so far, but I have to be nice to my coworkers or they'll spit on me.

My first week working at camp and I already fit right in.

I drove a van that distinctly reminded me of my grandfather's 1986 GMC Suburban.

I'm no cowboy, but I do enjoy working with horses in the mountains.