Adventures of a well-rounded geek
The housemates and I went camping last weekend. I haven’t camped much in my life but I think that may change - at least a little. I had such a fun time. I was relaxed almost the entire time and really enjoyed myself. We camped at Monarch Park Campground, a campground 30 minutes past Salida,…
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…
On Tuesday I spent time with Kaitlin, my mom, and EG! We hung around the house for a bit where I tried Kevin's homemade Greek yogurt (super good with honey), had Chick-fil-A, and talked to my adorable niece who smiled at me multiple times! 🙂 Kaitlin and I then went to the mall to look…
First day of spring break for me. Started off with me lounging in bed, which in itself is pretty impressive as I normally can't stand doing it for too long. But this morning I lounged and hung out with Gene and Pippin and it was lovely. I then got too hungry and since I was…
This morning I went to Waterton Canyon with my old friend Meseret. Even though we live in the same state, not even 20 minutes from each other, it's been two years since we've connected. Is this a human condition - where we don't keep relationships well? Or is it more of a generational thing I…
Since Wednesday was Lydia’s last full day with us we had to do something fun. We started the morning with Elisabeth making us some delicious turkey bacon and then we hopped in the car and drove to Boulder. We hiked along the Flatirons, something I wanted to do, and spent a couple hours looking at…
Friday night Gene and I took Sidney and Aaron to Casa Bonita. An icon of Denver, we thought Aaron would enjoy the overly done restaurant. I’m happy to say he did. Sidney had never been either so it was doubly fun to watch their reactions to what is Casa Bonita. As Sidney so eloquently summed…
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On Thursday, Gene, Sidney and I drove up to Estes Park. We stopped in Boulder for lunch and then went to the Bear Lake Trailhead in the Rocky Mountain National Park for a 3.5 mile hike to see three different lakes: Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, and Emerald Lake. It was a new hike for all…
On Monday, we went hiking at Mount Falcon open space. Although it was quite crowded in the beginning we got onto a trail that had MUCH less people and the hike was really pleasant. There are "castle" ruins of a home that you can walk around, which is pretty neat. Sidney read that the home…
This weekend Gene and I went to visit my parents in Colorado Springs. On Saturday we drove down to Mueller State Park where we went for a short hike. The trail was still covered in snow for the most part but we found our way. I'll be glad when the snow has melted though, it…
