On The Way to Colorado

Last you heard we were in Port Townsend, but shortly after my last post we left on a month long mini road trip to end up back in Frisco, Colorado (where we lived two winters ago).

First stop on our trip was of course Orcas Island where we stayed for about a week and a half. We saw our old friends and solidified our decision to come back in the spring as leads. We also went on a three day kayaking trip (in October). Needless to say it was cold and rainy and windy the whole time, and it was awesome! Good practice for potential long paddles in my future. The rest of the time there was spent relaxing and catching up.

We next went to Bellingham and stayed with Alex and Sam for a few days. I got to show Kelly around my old stomping grounds. We went on a classic hike up to Oyster Dome and got an amazing view of the San Juans from another angle.
"Hey, we were just there!"
We went out for a beer and some darts one night and I got to see my friends Lynn and Scott who I hadn't seen in like four years or so.

Montana came next where my brother just bought a new house in Missoula. We spent some quality time with Pete and Krista, went to a slightly overpriced David Sedaris show and took a stroll down to the river to see "Brennan's Wave", a man-made standing wave for kayaking. Pretty sweet.

Then we booked it down to New Mexico with a short stop in weird Utah. On a Sunday, where you cannot buy alcohol anywhere...all I wanted after a long day of driving was to drink a beer and watch football. Not a chance.

We spent my birthday with Kelly's parents and went out for some Mexican food, went for some walks and visited a little farm.

Then we visited Tallie and Clarkie in Albequerque. Wine drinking, Mad Men watching, rock gym climbing, and Halloween. We ended up at a house party (I was a rake and Kelly was a pile of leaves). After looking around at the party we realized that everyone looked real young. Then I noticed the glass case with gold trim and pictures of old people in them. Then I saw the home office with like a scanner and computer and drafting table. Then it came to me...this is someone's parents house and these kids could be like 18? Hmm...time to roll out.

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Now we are living with Emily, Wizzard, Suzanne, and Pete. That's right six people in a three bedroom. After a good three weeks of looking for a job I finally found one rolling sushi at a lounge on the mountain. It started out slow then there was the really busy winter vacation time where everyone in the house was working all the time. And now it is slow again. However we finally got snow! It has been snowing constantly for like a day and a half. It had been super dry up until then.

Well that was my short update. And soon we will be moving on back to WA. Thanks for reading!