So yesterday was interesting. We started at Arches National Park, which was p. cool. We then drove to Rocky Mountain National Park. To put it into perspective, it was a temperature swing of 46F. Needless today, I was not prepared for such a swing wearing a hoodie, shorts and flipflops. The experience from the highest point, though, was ridiculously awesome:
Folmer thought it was a good idea to run up the path to the highest point (about 500ft or so, maybe?). As I was loudly "singing" the Rocky theme song, I was walking briskly behind him with John Cafferty's "Hearts on Fire" stuck in my head. I was thinking of yelling out "Drago" when I reached the top, but I was too cold to do much of anything, even take pictures:
Yes, the picture is a little blurry because I was shaking too much. You see, the temperature (according to the car) was 45F. Folmer and I took the anemometer and determined that we had 13-15mph sustained winds with gusts up to 20ish mph. So we also had a wind chill to deal with. Even though I was shaking nonstop, it was completely worth it:
From one extreme to another, I suppose. We ate dinner at some bar afterwards about 30 miles outside of Estes Park (because everything closes at fucking 9:00p) which was surprisingly awesome. It was determined that Andy Kren will never get drunk, and if he does he won't show it (he plays it cool in a Jets sort of way) and Natalie still cannot figure out why we are friends.
On the way to the hotel, it was discovered that both Folmer and I love the song "Grazing in the Grass" by Friends of Distinction. So much so that we jammed the fuck out and waited in the car for the song to end. It was a truly awesome/traumatizing experience, depending on the person.
Driving back home today... Tragic...
-F
