Day 5

Hi!

I was up early today, at about 5:45. I figured I should just get up and get my day started. I wrote, edited photos and went on a run.  It felt so great outside; it was about 60 degrees out and sunny. I’m used to the hot Texas heat so three miles felt like nothing here. It was nice to check out Boulder on foot, there are bike and hike trails all throughout the city.  Boulder is an easy city to get around on foot, that’s always nice.

A mountain climber half way up 

 Court and I made breakfast and went to Eldorado State Park. It’s not far outside of town, maybe about 20 minutes or so.  When you drive in, the cliffs are unreal.  There were rock climbers everywhere. That is something that I don’t care to do, but I have mad respect for it.  What patience and skills one must have to be able to scale cliffs and mountain faces.  There were people so high up that you could barely see them, it was amazing.

Can you spy the person?

The hike was beautiful. We saw a snake cross our path! He didn't do much but slither by, I couldn't tell what type it was, but it was neat to see. All of the trails were steep and rocky on the side of the mountain.  We climbed to the highest point we could go to and then down to the river. There are huge boulders all around us and then a river at the base of the mountain. The water was freezing cold! But we just dipped our feet in and watched the water rush over all the rocks and over the damn. 

Courtney enjoying the view. 

Beautiful boulders

After Eldorado, we went and ate some dinner and met up with some Texas crew for some drinks. It was nice to see some familiar faces. We're all going to drive up to Fort Collins to go white water rafting tomorrow. I am so pumped about that! Whew! Ill have my go pro ready to roll!