And another update in the Willey-Goodson world. We had some great news a few weeks ago. I got hired with the University of the Rockies as an admissions counselor. Very very exciting. I just finished training and its going well. For those that follow along, you might have picked up that University of the Rockies is where Dani works as well. So commuting is a breeze, a quick scoot downtown and we're there. We work in the same department but different teams/areas. So we can hang out during breaks on the super cool young professional balcony over looking downtown Denver.
We moved here exactly one year ago today. And it feels great to be really settling in.
Also for those who follow along with our haps (that's young people talk for "happenings" or "what's been going on"), you may know that we love road trips. Its been over 2 months since our last excursion, so we decided to take advantage of this holiday weekend (yeah, booyah, I get holidays AND weekends off now) and pack the car for Moab- one of our favorite places in the world. We were almost scared off by the weather report, but we decided that "Adventure is out there!" and went for it. It was indeed an adventure.
We got there around 1 in the morning and set up the tent in a adventurous freezing rain mixture. But once we got the tent up and piled on our four sleeping bags, the frightful weather outside was merely back ground noise for our cozy slumber. Luckily the weather did scare off most other people, so we were able to get our favorite camp site no problem and there was no one else around. We had Hal Canyon nearly all to ourselves. And during the day it was pleasant. Chilly in the shade and nice in the sun. We mainly just hung out in the campsite, watched the fire, listened to the mighty Colorado and drank hot-toddies.
We went into town for some supplies and found a lovely dog park for Munson make some friends. On the way back to the site, we got filthy gathering fire wood from a recent burn spot. When the snow started in the evening we decided to get dinner in us in case we had to hunker down in the tent. Again more adventure. It came down pretty hard for a bit and of course lightened up after we finished our delicious soy-yaki chicken.
The next morning after warming up by the fire for a bit we headed into town to visit our favorite little cafe, the Love Muffin- fantastic baked goods and fresh delicious food. We had the Potatas Bravas, and it now resides in my top five breakfasts I've had the pleasure of driving into my face. We explored the town a little bit and found some new trails for the puppy. We wanted to keep the adventure going so we drove down the road to the Big Beng Boulders for a chilly sunny afternoon bouldering session.
The rock was good, the sun was warm and there weren't many climbers around but ultimately fate was not on our side. While finishing the top of a new problem, I cracked a hold and came down funky on my ankle. Hard funky.
That incident cut the adventure short. Not broken just sprained and ginormous. We (mainly Dani cause I was hopping and whining about) had to pack up camp early and head home. We met some nasty weather through the Rockies, but Wheelman Dani was a champ and navigated the snowy mountain roads like a pro. A fat purple sprained ankle from a bad fall bouldering is nothing new to me, just a bummer. But on a positive note, the current record for the amount of oreos eaten on a couch is about to shattered, just shattered... by yours truly. That is if Dani doesn't poison me because of my whining and bossing her about- "More kool-aid, dang-it!!!","I can't work the TV beacuse my silly puddy stuck to the remote."
Love and Miss You All.
D&T
PS- here's some more pics from the trip.
