Hawkeye and I have made the big move to Denver. We can see mountains out our bedroom window, camped in the middle of mountains and say things like "fourteener".
It's been a crazy whirl-wind around here! On Sunday, Brad and I stuffed his little car to the brim with all my belongings. On Monday, we folded into it with Hawkeye on my lap and headed west. We made it with very little problem and I started the process of moving in. I am very glad to have my own room. Although I am looking forward to (and have already greatly enjoyed!) having housemates and a house-full of automatic friends, it is a big transition to have people around all the time. It's nice to have a place that I can call all mine and can escape to as old habits die hard.
We (as a community of Dwellers) spent the next several days grocery shopping, house shopping and generally running around Denver like crazy chickens. By the end of it, I think we all had a bit of a glazed-over look on our faces.
On Thursday, we packed up, ran some more errands and then headed south to Buena Vista for some camping and orientation. We had a wonderful camping spot in Cottonwood Lake Campground and set up our home for the next several days. We were joined by Antonio's family and parents, Brad, the director of DOOR and his family and a board member of DOOR and her friend. We spent time cooking together, laughing together and having a great time. On Saturday, 8 of us took off early for Mount Yale and started our climb. By noon, we had summitted, ate lunch at 14,200 ft and were on the way back down the mountain. Many of the other climbers warned us that we would become addicted to hiking 14ers. I can see why they say that. :)
Sunday was a pretty relaxing day spent at the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort. It was a giant, naturally heated hot tub like I've never seen before. I could get used to THAT!
On Monday we packed up our things, cleaned up camp and headed back home. We (the Dwellers) pretty much just laid low at the Wolff Den. (I've taken to calling our house the Wolff Den because we live on Wolff Street. It's not official, but I keep hoping that I if I am persistent, it will catch on.) It was really nice to be able to chill out and do nothing with my housemates. I have been quite worried about being able to find down time when I'm surrounded by people. However, after tonight, my fears have been relieved.
Tomorrow, Chad and I start work at DenUM. We have a bus route mapped out and scheduled time to head out.
I will have more pictures to come, but haven't found my camera cord in the unpacking process yet.
Peace and grace to you all!
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