For my avid readers, I apologize for neglecting the blog posts lately. The days I work consist of: wake up, R makes "breakfast" at 1700 (also makes "lunch" for work), get ready, leave at 1800, sit in traffic for upwards of 40 minutes, report to work, find the unit I work, work 12 1/2 hours, sit in traffic, get home, take shower (optional), wash face, brush teeth, sleep, start all over again. On these days I typically don't have much time for writing posts. On my days off lately I haven't felt inspired to write a post or R and I have been going off on adventures leaving little time to sit and type. This blog will be an update of sorts of our recent adventures, pictures included. :)
Last weekend we decided to journey around the area, specifically wanting to find a place to hike and trying to avoid areas ravaged by flooding. We decided on Fort Collins, CO, home of Colorado State University, situated on the Cache La Poudre River (which apparently many friends and family white water rafted on upon a trek to CO when I was younger), and trying to become the microbrewery capitol of the world. On our drive to Fort Collins we stopped at Optibike, an electric bike company in Boulder, CO. A little background: R went to Las Vegas several weekends ago to help his dad/see his family at a bike convention where he was able to test ride these bikes. He found out the only manufacturer in the US was right there in Boulder and wanted me to test ride one too. It was a blast!! You can pedal like a normal bike, but on hard hills, riding in town on streets, or when you're tired there's a throttle that takes you up to 20mph. It's battery operated and rechargeable and would make sense for city dwellers who don't want to invest in cars. In the future, it may be an option for us. It certainly was fun enough to want to ride and is a great incentive to exercise!
After our tangent to Boulder we got back on the road to Fort Collins (with a short stint at Culver's for lunch!!) and decided to hike first. We hiked up to a waterfall on Horsetooth Mountain and did a little impromptu rock climbing (mainly because R dropped his sunglasses and couldn't find them-probably fell down the waterfall). Our hike was pleasant, relaxing, energizing, and exactly what we wanted! We drove back down the mountain with views of a lake, mountains, sunset, and deer on our way. We went out and got dinner and watched the 49ers win against the Rams. The next day was raining so we decided on indoor activities like local microbrewery beer tasting and shopping for pants (because for some reason R keeps ripping his in the butt, must be that healthy sized butt he got from his momma!)
This weekend R is turning 29, so I'll have more updates and pictures of our adventures to come.
<My love of Culver's has no borders>
<Horsetooth Reservoir>
<Drive up Horsetooth Mountain>
<El Sol>
<Ok I like the sun in pictures>
<Made it to the waterfall>
<At the top>
<Overlooking the valley>
<Rockclimbing>
<Looking for the missing sunglasses>
<Taking a break at the top>
<Spontaneous ticket buying to Sister Act, the musical, with drinks and appetizers after>
With much love,
K
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