Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mt. Bierstadt


OK - so i realized i didn't say anything about these pictures! This was my fist 14er to climb (google 14ers) after being in Colorado for one week! It took us 6.5 hours to climb and it is one of the "easier" one's. There are about 54- 14ers in Colorado!!  They are called 14ers because they are 14000 ft above sea level. Some people get really bad altitude sickness climbing them, but surprisingly, i didnt! (im a little proud -hehe)! I did have a splitting headache at the end, which i think was mostly due to coming down so fast- (ok, thats basically altitude sickness - but it didnt stop me!) :). And it went away with a few Advil and a nap. :) I wish you all could be here to see it. The picture with me pointing at the Gold circle on the rock it the summit point! They mark the summit with some sort of plaque on this one - so i had to take a pic with it! :) 

Oh i went to Boulder this past weekend - brought back lots of memories of our mission trip there in like circa 1996- knocking on doors, going to the celestial tea factory  - and oh yea, mom breaking her knees while Dayle and I screamed from the ski-lift -thinking mom had broken her neck! haha - and then there was that whole long journey home on the bottom of the OBU bus!! lol oh good times in Colorado - we are going to hope I have better luck skiing when i finally get the chance! haha well, i better go - more later! lots of love sistas!xoxo

OH - this was the song that was in my head the whole day - and mostly anytime i see anything beautiful here but don't have a camera/or my camera can't capture the beauty of the place in the pics i do take... (its of course, john mayer - one of my fav's)

I'm writing you to 
catch you up on places I've been 
You held this letter 
probably got excited, but there's nothing else inside it 
didn't have a camera by my side this time 
hoping I would see the world with both my eyes 
maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm 
in the mood to lose my way with words 
Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy's cliche' 
And strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky 
are next to mountains anyway 
Didn't have a camera by my side this time 
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes 
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm 
in the mood to lose my way 
but let me say 
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes 
it brought me back to life 
You'll be with me next time I go outside 
just no more 3x5's Guess you had to be there 
Guess you had to be with me Today I finally overcame 
tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame 
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm in the mood to 
lose my way but let me say 
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes 
it brought me back to life 
You'll be with me next time I go outside 
no more 3x5's
Nik















2 comments:

carozza said...

what is the thing on the rock?
looks like you guys had fun!!!!

carozza said...

i love how you write like you are talking just to us or in you one of your many "journals". you do know you are linked to my blog. don't go writing any juicy details on here. haha