Week in Review

I've been in Colorado for about a week now and since I haven't even started this blog yet, I though this would be a good time to catch things up. I took 4 days to drive across the country, taking I-80 most of the way which is the fastest way out...on paper. But the road takes you through some of the flattest parts of the country and so it feels like a LOT longer. Iowa, which I was dreading turned out to be not that bad. For starters, the welcome sign reads, "The People of Iowa Welcome You" (which i thought was funny because there aren't really people in Iowa, there are cows in Iowa.). The state itself is actually not that bad , it's not flat like i thought but kinda like a really big roller coaster. Also i drove through at sunset which was really pretty. Wouldn't recommend staying in Iowa too long, but driving through it is nice. Nebraska on the other hand, boring as hell. There is nothing there.

The Eastern half of Colorado is...well, I don't want to call it boring, but, flat and expansive. It kinda made me feel like I'd been hoodwinked. Where did all the mountains go? But once I got closer to Denver and the Rockies come into view, frustration was quickly replaced with awe as I felt smaller and smaller with every passing minute.

So I arrived in Boulder and crashed in my sister Eliza's apartment, for a few days. It was very nice of her and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank her publicly. Anyway, we hung around Boulder for a little bit in the shadow of a mountain i still don't know the name of. I had a bit of what I think was altitude sickness on the first day, but it seems to have passed now. but the real acclimation test will come tomorrow when I go hiking for the first time since I've been here.

This weekend Eliza and I went to a Scottish highland festival. It poured, trying to stay opptomistic we called it classic Scottish weather. There was food, music, pole throwing and other games, Guinness, whiskey, everything a Scottish/Irish festival needs for a real rumpus . It was a good time.

Anyway, so that's week in  a nutshell, I'm sure I forgot some things but o well. For the time being I'm staying in a campground in Longmont, about 15 minutes from Boulder. I'll try to upload some pictures from here as soon as I find my camera cable... or get a new one. Either way, pictures forthcoming.