Adventures of a well-rounded geek
I'm very excited about the Denver Botanic Gardens, hence the blog title. How can I not be? Also, people have told me that cursing is a sign of intelligence because it shows you have an increased vocabulary. I don't know how true that is, although I imagine there's some truth to it, so everyone take…
My life has been fairly interesting and busy lately. Two weeks ago I went to Grand Lake on a family vacation. I loved getting to spend time with my family - two of my cousins even came. I went hiking and kayaking, played games and watched movies, and ate lots of food. I even made…
This past weekend Gene and I visited my parents in Colorado Springs. We taught them how to play Pandemic (I love my cooperative games) and I started playing Pokemon Go. There aren't any pokemon at my house so I gave up trying to play when it first came out but thought I'd give it a…
I took today off from work and have had such a lovely day. First, Sidney and I went on a walk around the lake by my old apartment. Sidney is playing Pokemon Go and there were a lot of Pokemon around the water. I forgot how much I liked that walk. I'm going to have…
Gene, Sidney, and I went bike riding yesterday. We biked along the Cherry Creek Trail and made a stop at the Cherry Creek farmers' market. The market was pretty small and had all the quintessential farmers' market booths. We bought what was supposed to be lemonade from a tamale stand but it definitely didn't taste like…
(See previous post for full travel recap) We landed in England and rented a car to make our way to Port Isaac. First we stopped in a town along the ocean to grab some fish and chips and walk along the beach. Then the plan was to go to Dartmoor National Forest and do a bit…
I went to France and England earlier this month with Gene and Lydia. (I must acknowledge here how privileged my life is. It amazes me sometimes how easy I truly have it.) I went for two weeks and I visited amazing places and I was in the midst of true history and I tried not…
I promise, this is the last Grand Lake post! I know it's been two full weeks since I've been back but we did some fun stuff that I want to talk about! I didn't just go hiking while I was up there. I also spent time in the house we stayed at and in the…
The last time we were in Grand Lake, Gene, Kevin, and I had hiked to Mount Ida. Gene and I wanted to do it again this year so we came up with a plan. We got up at 5:15 AM and had my dad, who was nice enough to get up that early too, drive…
This past Sunday I met up with one of my old co-workers at a farmers market near downtown. It was so nice of her to invite me because my week had been pretty stressful and this was exactly what I needed. This was the first farmer's market I had been to this year too. I…
