The Altitutes

This past week has been a lot of fun. Last weekend Drew, Sean, Hunter and I hiked Mount Democrat. We all met Friday night at this hole-in-the-wall bar in Alma, CO called Alma's Only Bar. We had a couple beers and talked to some of the locals, who definitely seemed like they didn't get to the big city very often. There was a lady camped out in the single stall bathroom the whole night crying in the corner. She wouldn't leave or accept any help from us, so I had no choice but to use the bathroom with her sitting right there. She didn't seem to even notice, and I'm still not sure if that was a good or bad thing. Anyway we camped that night at the trailhead which was at 12,000 feet. It wasn't a very restful night since it got down into the 20s and I was sleeping in a tent with 3 boys with the "altitutes" (apparently being at altitude gives some people gas). The hike the next day was very cold but very beautiful. It was completely different from the other 14ers we've done because the trailhead was above treeline which made it feel like we started half way through. It was still pretty difficult and took about 5 hours total, but as always the views were worth the effort.

Last night we had a girls' night which turned into a slumber party. Mindy, Brett, and I spent the night at my new friend Danielle's house. I've known Brett and Mindy forever because we went to preschool and did Girl Scouts together back home. I lost touch with both of them after high school, but since we all randomly moved here we've been reunited. Last night we drank wine, talked about boys, and painted. It was just like when we were younger except we got to drink wine instead of milk. We all painted some pretty awesome paintings, especially my Day of the Dead skull. We even froze Mindy's underwear (because she was still wearing her bra) when she fell asleep first during the truth or dare portion of our party.

The other big event of this week was that Drew and I bought season snowboard passes. We're getting so excited! There's been a lot of snow on the mountains in the distance the past couple days which is beautiful but causes me to be a very bad driver (I can't not look at it).

Now if I could only figure out what to be for Halloween...

Drew's fun fact: The movie "Halloween" was shot in the spring and used fake autumn leaves.