rebecca's blog: June 2007

Last night I met two new fun friends: Charity & Adrian. We had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and then headed into Downtwon Denver to walk around and get to know each other better. We hit it off right away (we knew we'd be friends because our outfits were all color-coordinated :).

Jess brought this AMAZING cake.

Taking the bull by the horns, one of my favorites things to do. :)

Ridgway with the Kriegshasuers

on saturday morning i left littleton and began a seven-hour drive southwest to a small town called ridgway (half an hour from montrose, an hour from telluride). i went to visit the kriegshausers, good friends from virginia who moved out there in january. the drive out was long but beautiful! here are some photos from the roadtrip:

early on in the trip. notice the "elk crossing" sign. :)

blue mesa lake, the largest in colorado.

it was very desert-y out there...

approaching ridgway.

I blinked and missed the turn onto the one-road of ridgway, so i turned around, kept my eyes WIDE open and finally found the kriegshausers' house. That evening, Kellie, Chris, Michael, Lisa, and I went to Ouary (closest town) for a trip to the hot springs. it was very relaxing. :)

the quaint town of Ouary.

Lisa points out where they'd gone hiking last week.

The HOT SPRINGS!!! the water's temp was about 104 degrees.

Lisa and me at church on Sunday. (Roger gave an excellent sermon.)

This is the lot where the Kriegshausers new house will be. Amazing, isn't it?

kellie, roger, chris, lisa, and michael.

i left sunday around 3pm and made it home around 8:30. i encountered some weird weather on the drive...

i've decided that i LOVE aspen trees. they're so beautiful, especially when the wind's blowing because their leaves sort of "shimmer."

(sepia-toned)

i think this is a ranch...either that or some sort of convent.

(sepia-toned)

Boulder with Mallory

Tonight I traveled one hour northwest to Boulder, home of the University of Colorado. My super-special "Godsister," Mallory, is there for the summer. (We call each other Godsister because her parents are my Godparents and vice-versa.) Anyway, she and Jayson (her boyfriend) and I had a blast walking around campus and downtown.

Mallory lives with about 35 other college students in a former frat house where there are...

FOUR fridges!

Huge bean bags!

mice (her pets).

and a stuffed buffalo head.

The CU campus is just beautiful. Amazing architecture... a few times I thought I was on the set of a Shakespeare play.

Getting a bit bolder in front of Boulder's boulder. (You like like that play on words? :)

Godsistas for LIFE! :)

New Plates

This morning I went to the local DMV to get a Colorado license and new plates. I'm used to DMV visits being absolutely terrible (notorious in Virginia), so today I was pleasantly surprised. Coloradans are just so friendly and nice, even if they work at the DMV. Within 20 mins or so I had my new license. For my new plates, I had to first get an emissions test. I was nervous about my car passing because last year in VA I had quite an ordeal with the emissions test (as some of you may remember). But it passed and I went back to the DMV to get my new plates. I feel like an official native now (well, maybe not really, but I can at least appear to be while driving my car). Only problem is that when I don't know where I'm going and inadvertantly cut people off, I won't be able to say, "at least they know I'm not from around here" because my Virginia plates have been replaced.

Old Plate.

(Shedding a tear because I miss Virginia.)

New Plate.

(But happy to be living in Colorado!)

Hiking in Mt. Falcon Park

Toady after church, Jessica (my new friend!) and I went hiking at Mt. Falcon Park, about a 20-minute drive from Littleton. The weather was uncharacteristically hot, but we still had a blast enjoying God's beautiful creation. Here are some photos from the afternoon's adventure: