Welcome to Colorado!

Well we made it. After exactly 8,888 miles we crossed the border to Colorado. What a trip. From Seattle we drove 2 long days to make it to Boulder, stopping in Boise, ID and Salt Lake City, UT. Both nights we couch surfed and stayed with some nice people. Driving through Wyoming on 80 is the worst. In all directions for as far as you can see there is nothing bust empty land. We were low on gas and used the GPS to find a station. Garmin took us about 10 miles off the interstate into some small ranch town. When we got to the destination there was a stack of hay where Garmin said the gas station would be. We're not on good terms with Garmin anymore.

The first night in Boulder we couch surfed with a girl named Katrina. As soon as we arrived she took us on a hike which was perfect after sitting in a car for 9 hours. Boulder is a beautiful place. The Rocky Mountains hug the west side of the town so no matter where you are in Boulder if you drive west you will end up somewhere in the mountains with great hiking/climbing/etc.

The second night we couch surfed with a girl named Aubrey. We met up with her and her friend Ashley at a cafe before they took us out around Pearl St. They both work at a costume store and they took us there that night while it was closed. We were the only ones in there and the music was playing loud and we got to try on a bunch of the costumes.

The next day we headed to Denver to meet up with our friend Rachel from Binghamton. While we were planning our trip back in May she mentioned to us that her Aunt lives in Denver and we made plans to meet up at the end of the trip. We went out to the red rocks amphitheater with her little cousin Jadin.

We spent the weekend in Denver then headed back to Boulder. I spent some time at the university to meet with the professor I will be working under. We found showers in a bathroom on the bottom floor of the engineering building which we gladly used. Between spending time downtown and on campus we hiked a portion of the flat irons.

We met back up with Ashley and Aubrey and they took us out to a summit that over looks Boulder and Denver. We then crashed at their friends' Anna's place. Apparently they only hang out with girls whose names begin with A. In the morning we made blueberry-bannana pancakes before I dove Dan to the airport.