Goodness, it's been a great couple days. I decided to go to Durango to see such an amazing friend, Kelley. What a beautiful drive. I forget every time I come this way how wonderful of a drive it is. The first time I saw the scenery in that direction was when Josh and I drove up to Beauna Vista to his sister's cabin years and years ago. I also went once with him and his parents when we traveled to the Las Vegas bowl. I was impressed by the landscape and scenery then and as I get older, I think I enjoy it more. Man, does that make me sound old. Like I'm one of those people that asks how the weather is and I actually care!!! Oh heavens! Anyhow, it's a long drive but it's gorgeous. Getting here was great. Kelley is always so welcoming and it's just nice and relaxing being there. No pressure. No need to perform. We just got back from camping and as much as I love camping, I love getting home and taking a shower. You know what is nice about camping... is not having any electricity. It's really quite liberating to not be able to check facebook, constantly be looking at your phone, or reading emails. And I hate the fact that those are the first things I do when I get home.
Camping was great though. Just us girls. We went to Moab, Utah. I know I've seen it on the Ford commercials, but it wasn't what I expected. It's landscape is like no other I've seen. Red rocks, and formations that are just amazing. I felt like I was driving up to a puzzle. The clouds are the white pieces; the easiest part of the puzzle since there's not too many clouds against the blue sky, find the green ones that are the scrubs growing on the ground, and the meat of the puzzle would be the red pieces forming the rocks. The hardest part to put together. I assumed that it would be the same camping I'm used to, but everyone just camps in the dust next to the Colorado River. I'm used to being surrounded by pine trees camping on the forest floor, but this was different and fun to do. When we got there, there were two other men "camping" in their RV's. We spent our time setting up tents while they tried to get their generator to work. Well, let me rephrase that. The rest of the girls set up the tents while I watched. :) I was being lazy. We had a great supper in Moab that night. Sat and had some drinks first and met a couple other guys that were camping. Then they told us that they were camping in a cottage. One guy had a shirt on that said, "You have my Balls" with a girl holding a bunch of footballs, basketballs, etc. I can't stand guys like that and find them so superficial, it drives me nuts. I just don't have patience for them. I mean really, get a grip! I guess some girls like it though. I shouldn't judge, but I have a hard time seeing anything under the surface with guys like that. Thank goodness we moved to a table. So, I go to the restroom and, of course, Kelley sets me up. A bunch of waiters go walking by with a birthday brownie and a candle. I thought they were walking past me, but I shouldn't have been surprised when they started singing me happy birthday thanks to Kelley wanting to get free dessert. This is not the first time she's done this to me. The last time she did this to me, I had to wear a crazy sombrero hat and pose for pictures before taking it off. I'm always the sucker! But it's in great fun and is a good laugh. And it was a darn good brownie. Lovin' it!
We decided to go rafting the next day and had a good time going down the Colorado River. I have been waiting allllll winter to get some sun. Everything I put on I hate because I looked so washed out and haven't been this white for years. It was great to get some sun and I even got a little burn. Sun burns make me feel alive and I love finally having a little color on my face. The raft trip was great and us girls laughed and laughed. Our river guide was a good guy as well and let us do whatever we wanted and we had a good time meeting others that were floating down the river. No big rapids, but a good time none the less. We were supposed to go out with all the guys from the raft shop that night but after supper, we went back to the camp site and it started POURING for hours. So we just relaxed in the tents and had a nice time being goofy.
So now, just a couple days to relax in Colorado before I head home. I wish I could stay longer but obligations call.
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