Hey ya’ll!
So sorry it has been FOREVER. My laptop decided it wanted to die on me, preventing me from being able to update my blog and keep you all informed on what has been happening in my life. So I have decided to do a quick rundown of what has been happening since I last posted months ago!
Biggest change has been that I have become a mommy to an adorable baby blue heeler named Pbers. I got my little man about 5 weeks ago, when he was 9 weeks old (so for those of you who don’t like math he is 15 weeks old now). He is growing so fast it is unreal and every day I get to see a little bit more of his personality. He is very curious about everything around him. The other day I took him on a hike with me up through the Colorado Monument and it was so funny to watch him checkout every little rock and plant along the trail. He even had to stop and roll in the red dirt for a bit, much to him mom’s irritation…being that he’s a mostly white puppy, Colorado’s red soil is not the easiest thing to get out of his white coat…He also even found a stick along the trail that he liked so much, that he carried it in his mouth all the way back to the car. Ha-ha He thought he was tough stuff carrying a stick almost as big as him.
Mr.Pbers... when his ears still drooped over, now they stand straight up! |
Snuggled in taking about to take a nap. |
My baby Pbers and Me!!! |
Other things that are new are my snowboarding class has sadly commenced. But with class being over that means it was time for the weather to get nice and me to being my hiking class! Every Wednesday afternoon I spend a few hours hiking along the local trails. My favorite hike that I have experienced so far was one through Bangs Canyon to the Mica Mine. It was an absolutely gorgeous hike along the creek at the bottom of Bangs Canyon-a canyon that runs through the upper Monument. The Canyon led us to a cave that used to be a Mica Mine. For those of you that are unfamiliar with what Mica is…it is a white crystal like rock. The trail along the creek was sprinkled with Mica and it looked so unnatural I felt like I was Dorothy in the Wizard-of-Oz. Only instead of following the “Yellow Brick Road”, I was following the “White Mica Road.” I have also become a little bit spoiled because I am now used to Colorado weather. The locals have a saying here, “If you don’t like the weather…wait a half hour. It will change.” And if that isn’t the truth I do not know what is. Just yesterday, I woke up to a dusting of snow on the roof and by yesterday afternoon it was sunny and 78 degrees out.
Last day of snowboarding class...miss these hooligans! |
Hiking up in the CO Monument |
Let’s see what else is new…I am still working at Zumiez and have decided that I love my job there so much that I am going to transfer back to a Zumiez in Maplewood, MN that is about 30 minutes from my house in River Falls. Other then that I have just began packing up all of my belongings getting ready to head back to good ol’ Wisconsin. I cannot believe this adventure is already coming to an end. It truly was not long enough and I am happy to report that Colorado has taught me a lot of things that I will be taking with me throughout rest of my life. Not only have I done a lot of growing as an individual, I have realized what I truly value in life and have revealed a few undiscovered dreams that I want to achieve someday before I kick the bucket. Colorado has helped me to learn that nothing is out of reach. I think Olympic Track Champion Gail Devers said it best, “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. So if you believe it, you can achieve it.”
Until next time…sending you peace, love and good vibes from Colorado’s Western Slope!