Weekend Adventure.

The weekend started out with some fun times at Corey's house after class on Thursday. The following morning, I received a call from my friend Steve who's going to the Summit CMC campus, telling me to round up some people and head to Breck to celebrate our friend Josh's birthday. On top of that, Corey and I needed to go to Fort Collins to pick up Blink-182 tickets that we had purchased off Craigslist.com. Since Corey's girlfriend goes to school in Fort Collins, we decided to turn this weekend into a crazy adventure around CO.

We left Friday afternoon for Breck, and after a crazy car ride of rockin out and a pit stop at Burger King, we arrived around 7 at Steve and Josh's condo. Not being familiar with Breck we definitely took a few wrong turns, but eventually made it. Their condo is a ways up a mountain and was really nice, with two stories, and awesome but tight spiral staircase, and a great veiw from their deck. Another awesome part was that Steve didn't even tell Josh we were coming, so it was sick just showing up and surprising him on his birthday.

After a fun night of reminiscing and getting to see some more friends who used to go to the Alpine Campus but now go to Summit, we headed out to Fort Collins bright and early.

I ended up sleeping a lot of the way to Fort Collins, but we made a pit stop in Golden Springs to see Corey's step mom and so we could take a shower. From there we headed through Denver and made a stop at Whole Foods because we were both feeling some sushi, and Corey new they delicious and inexpensive sushi. So once we were full, we finished out the drive to Fort Collins where we met up with the lady who had the Blink 182 tickets at a Carl's Jr.

From there, we had a lot of free time. Corey's girlfriend was visiting her parents so we spent the day roaming the streets of downtown Fort Collins like a couple of traveling gypsies. We ended up getting some food at a place I've never heard of but now I love it; Spicy Pickle. They had really good paninis and a deal where you could get a half sandwich, chips or salad, and a drink for $5.95, so if get the opportunity again, I'm for sure going back. We then made some stops at a gas station and Wal-Mart, hit up Jimmy Johns for dinner, and then spent the night at Corey's girlfriends.

Now the ride home was an adventure in itself. We started out going the wrong way on I-25 toward Denver before we figured out that we didn't even need to go on I-25 but needed to find 14. In order to do that however, we had to get on 14, then it became 287, then it split back to 14 which is where things went bad. We ended up not seeing the sign for the split back to 14, but we realized that if we stayed on 287, we could end up back to 14 in a little while, so we decided to try it. 287 ended up not being to bad, but we had to take a dirt road off of 287 which was super sketchy. The road took us through the woods, past some creepy houses, and eventually down a mountain. Luckily there were some really cool views, but we were both paying too much attention to the steep windy road to notice all that much. Thankfully we made it back to 14 in one piece, and we're never missing 14 again.

So there you have it. I am now back in the Boat trying to focus on homework after an epic adventure all over CO. Peace.

Alpine Slide

Today, CMC put on an event at the Howleson Hill Alpine Slide for students to ride for free. Bacon and I met up with our RA and another friend of mine from Minnesota and headed over. Howleson Hill is just across the river near the rodeo and the skate park. Basically, it was just a fun afternoon with a bunch of CMC students racing down the sketchy track, and hear are some pictures to prove it.

Hopefully at some point this year we'll get back to the track to try it again, but on top of that I'm just excited to snowboard at Howelson, since they have night riding. Also, Bacon and I raced and I got dominated so I definitely have to get back at him. Peace.

Back in the Boat, Day Two Adventure

Today was my second day back in Steamboat Springs, and I felt like the activities of today were blog worthy.

The day started off around 9:45 when I met my parents outside the dorms, only to hear that the book store, which is where we were planning on going so I could get all my books for class on Monday, was in fact closed until Monday. After that it was time to say goodbye to the parents since they were heading to Colorado Springs to visit a family friend. Saying goodbye was again tough but I was excited at the same time for the coming year hear in the Boat.

After a nice quick nap, Bacon and I headed down to the dining hall for our first meal back in the cafeteria. Luckily it was some delicious breakfast food such as sausage, tator tots, and pancakes, so it was definitely a good start.

We had met up with some friends in the dining hall, and from there went to the Christy Sports tent sale to check out some great deals they had going on, and a friend even bought a new pair of skis and bindings.

We had met Corey at the tent sale, and from there, him, Bacon, and I went to check out the art fair going down on Yampa Rd. It was $5 to get in and the following are some pictures of some awesome pieces they had.

From there, we walked up the street to a store called Urbane where Bacon picked up a sick Spacecraft Bob Ross wallet. I actually wrote a blog about Urbane awhile ago, so if you want to know more, be sure to check it out, but basically it is a really cool clothing store here in town. On the way to Urbane, Bacon and Corey decided to support the local economy by picking up some popsicles from some boys on a ice cream bike shown below.

We continued the adventure across Lincoln Ave. to the farmers market where we got to sample some delicious barbeque sauces and revisited our childhoods by picking up a few snow cones. from there we dropped Bacon off back at the dorms so he could go on a nature hike with the ski team, and Corey and I headed to his place for a little relaxation by the pool and to start cooking up an excellent rib dinner with some friends.

After the hike, Mariah, Bacon, and fellow blogger Bobbie Jo came over to enjoy 5 lbs of ribs with Corey's homemade barbeque sauce with a whole number of delicious ingredients, as well as some delicious corn on the cob.

So basically, I'm happy to be back in Steamboat and can't wait to have more days like this one over the school year. Peace.

Back in the Boat Again

Hello all. I am writing to you from my new dorm room here at Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus. I thought I'd start my new year as a CMC blogger with a little bit about the end of my summer, my trip out here, and what it's like being back.

My summer shaped up great with my last weekend spent in Chicago with my friend who goes to Loyola. We did a bunch of the touristy things such as the Shedd Aquarium, which I loved, went to Millenium Park to see the bean, hung out at the beach on Lake Michigan, and went to bunch of delicious local restaurants. Unfortunately the trip ended with my bus home getting switched from 1pm to 10:30pm, so I didn't get home until 6am the next morning, but the trip was definitely still worth it.

Saying goodbye to all my friends on Wednesday night was tough as usual, and actually ended up keeping me up until 6am which is when we were planning on leaving so I slept quite a bit in the car. My parents and I drove out to Ogallala, Nebraska, spent the night and finished the drive today. We arrived at the dorms around 2pm, hung out around the pool at my parents hotel, and headed up to the dorms around 4pm to move everything in. Move in went very smooth since we were technically late and got to to miss the crowds of the scheduled check in time. After hanging with my roommate Kevin, who we all call Bacon, my parents took him, my friend Corey, and I out to dinner at the Ghost Ranch, which I highly recommend because they have great food and live music, so its a good atmosphere.

After dinner, I said goodnight to my parents and Bacon and I went to hang out at Corey's house for a bit, since he is a fellow second year and is living off campus. After saying hi to everyone there, we came back to the dorms and organized our room a bit more on top of seeing some more old friends and meeting some new ones.

So now we are just chillin in the room, passing out soon after a hectic day. I am very excited for another year in the boat with some great people and I look forward to letting you all know about the goings on here at Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus for another year. Peace.