As my departure nears, I get sadder and sadder. I will
surely miss the friends I have made here and will most definitely be going
through mountain withdrawals. In one of my first posts from Colorado I
mentioned I have a “Boulder Bucket List.” It has been a good way to come up
with ideas of things to do, but lately I have been feeling pressure to get
everything done. Luckily, I do think I can get everything done, but I know that
if I don’t I will be returning!
Last Monday evening, Elisabeth, Alex, and I were supposed to
go to an outdoor concert and have a picnic (something on my bucket list).
However, it was cancelled due to the rain, so we just had a movie night at my
apartment.
After discovering that Andrew and I both golf, we decided to
play 9 holes Tuesday evening at the city course in Boulder. I played amazingly
well and got a 50 despite usually only playing 18-36 holes per year. Andrew
played in high school, but hasn’t really played much since then and finished
with a 47 (we were tied for like 4 holes though!). Fun fact: Andrew has been
struck by lightning 3 times (not directly of course) and one time was during a
golf tournament in high school!
On Wednesday Elisabeth and I took a day trip into the
mountains. Just outside of Boulder we visited a waterfall, which was really
pretty. We stopped in Nederland where they have a carousel and embraced our
inner child and went for a ride. We were going to go hiking at Mud Lake, but
didn’t see a sign/the turn and kept driving. I saw a sign for Gold Hill and decided
to go there and show Elisabeth the town. She thought it was so cool and was
glad we made a detour to go there. Luckily on our way back we did find Mud
Lake. The trails were short and easy but the views were fantastic. It got so
cold (mid to upper 60s) that I had to put on a sweatshirt!
Unfortunately the weather has not been that cool in Boulder
and the last few days have been so hot that I haven’t spent much time outside.
Friday morning I walked around the Mapleton Historic District, which is a few
blocks north of Pearl Street, to look at the houses (another thing to mark of
my bucket list). For lunch I went to Illegal Pete’s, a cheap Mexican place on
Pearl Street. After work I met Elisabeth for coffee at Trident Booksellers and
Café. That night I met some people from the Boulder CouchSurfing group
downtown, who wanted to do a bar crawl. As I mentioned in my last post, there
aren’t many place someone under 21 can get into downtown. Thankfully I wasn’t
the only one under 21 since Alex was with us and everyone else in the group tried
to accommodate us. First we went to Old Chicago, then Mountain Sun Pub and
Brewery, where surprisingly you don’t have to be 21 to get in! After walking
down Pearl looking for another place Alex and I could get in and determining
there wasn’t one the two of us decided to not hold everyone else back, so we
left.
Yesterday morning I went to the farmers’ market, then
decided to read in front of my fan the rest of the day since it was too hot to
do anything outside. That night I met Elisabeth for an outdoor movie in a
parking lot behind the Boulder Contemporary Museum of Art. Earlier in the day
she had met some French people who were also going to the movie so we sat with
them. I’m not used to being with people in America who speak a different
language! But French sounds so beautiful that I didn’t care. The movie was Back to the Future, which somehow I had
not seen before. The audience really got into it and would cheer at major
parts. This was something else on my buck list – I have really been on a roll!
This upcoming week I have a few day trips planned, which I
am really excited about!
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