1st weekend in Colorado
1st weekend in Colorado..
woke up really late on Sat, den went to look at some car prices for Christine's dad before making a trip to the Lake Pueblo state park. It was really serene, with many benches and many biking trails, and the Arkansas River flowing by was beautiful. We packed dinner and had it there by the benches. Its a pity we did not walk quite far because we don't really know how far it will lead. Apparently, it will b a better place for people with mountain bikes.
well, people in Colorado are really healthy. seriously. like for one of the pharmacists in the clinic, I think he is in his fifties, but he goes mountain biking at least twice every week. its quite cool, because when you are driving on the roads, you can see bikes or kayaks mounted on top of the cars. they also go camping when they are free, even though they run the risk of running into black bears. we have heard some terrible stories about the bears before.
if i had the chance, i will like to go for a camping trip here. i miss the feeling of living in tents, cooking on messtins, and going on hikes. i mean, it will be nice to do it occasionally, like what the residents do here, instead of just living in HDB flats back in Singapore. even though there are mosquitoes around. haha.
then drove to Liberty Point, this area where you can see a superb view of the mountains, the lake and the rocks. oh my god. its stunning. the sunset was a beauty, but luck ran out of us because the camera went out of batt. maybe we can make another trip there again. =)
went to the Great Sand Dunes national park on Sunday with Steve, this other pharmacy intern from New York, who's also working in the same warfarin clinic as us. it was a nice drive up to the national park, and i really admire them for being able to build the freeway among the mountains and valleys. there were pine trees on the mountains and you can even see snow caps on the tip.
there were creeks in front of the sand dunes, where water runs down along the soil due to the melting of the snow caps from the top of the mountains. it was super cool, and there were many kids having mud baths there as well. chris was saying that was the place where people actually go on weekends.
well. during weekends, Colorado and Houston are super quiet. the shops close at like between 4 -6pm, even the departmental stores, except for the 24 hr grocery stores. even some eating places also close so early. so i was trying to figure out where people went to during weekends.
anw back to the sand dunes. we tried to mount up to the highest peak, that was 640 feet high. i stopped around halfway because the heat was killing me. i was wearing slippers and the sand was burning. from the info boards, it could go up to 45 degrees in summer. we found a sock up there, that i wore and it helped me go up to halfway, or else I think I will have stopped like 1/4. chris and steve made it up all the way to the top, and managed to take some pictures of the view. their heat tolerance is high.
sth unfortunate happened though. some sand got into chris's camera and its spoilt now. and as my luggage is not back, i got to go search for a travel charger for my camera or else we won't be able to take any pictures. boo.
ya. as u can see, my luggage is not back. its kinda ruining my trip because I gotta worry about whether my luggage will even come back at all. sigh =(
woke up really late on Sat, den went to look at some car prices for Christine's dad before making a trip to the Lake Pueblo state park. It was really serene, with many benches and many biking trails, and the Arkansas River flowing by was beautiful. We packed dinner and had it there by the benches. Its a pity we did not walk quite far because we don't really know how far it will lead. Apparently, it will b a better place for people with mountain bikes.
well, people in Colorado are really healthy. seriously. like for one of the pharmacists in the clinic, I think he is in his fifties, but he goes mountain biking at least twice every week. its quite cool, because when you are driving on the roads, you can see bikes or kayaks mounted on top of the cars. they also go camping when they are free, even though they run the risk of running into black bears. we have heard some terrible stories about the bears before.
if i had the chance, i will like to go for a camping trip here. i miss the feeling of living in tents, cooking on messtins, and going on hikes. i mean, it will be nice to do it occasionally, like what the residents do here, instead of just living in HDB flats back in Singapore. even though there are mosquitoes around. haha.
then drove to Liberty Point, this area where you can see a superb view of the mountains, the lake and the rocks. oh my god. its stunning. the sunset was a beauty, but luck ran out of us because the camera went out of batt. maybe we can make another trip there again. =)
went to the Great Sand Dunes national park on Sunday with Steve, this other pharmacy intern from New York, who's also working in the same warfarin clinic as us. it was a nice drive up to the national park, and i really admire them for being able to build the freeway among the mountains and valleys. there were pine trees on the mountains and you can even see snow caps on the tip.
there were creeks in front of the sand dunes, where water runs down along the soil due to the melting of the snow caps from the top of the mountains. it was super cool, and there were many kids having mud baths there as well. chris was saying that was the place where people actually go on weekends.
well. during weekends, Colorado and Houston are super quiet. the shops close at like between 4 -6pm, even the departmental stores, except for the 24 hr grocery stores. even some eating places also close so early. so i was trying to figure out where people went to during weekends.
anw back to the sand dunes. we tried to mount up to the highest peak, that was 640 feet high. i stopped around halfway because the heat was killing me. i was wearing slippers and the sand was burning. from the info boards, it could go up to 45 degrees in summer. we found a sock up there, that i wore and it helped me go up to halfway, or else I think I will have stopped like 1/4. chris and steve made it up all the way to the top, and managed to take some pictures of the view. their heat tolerance is high.
sth unfortunate happened though. some sand got into chris's camera and its spoilt now. and as my luggage is not back, i got to go search for a travel charger for my camera or else we won't be able to take any pictures. boo.
ya. as u can see, my luggage is not back. its kinda ruining my trip because I gotta worry about whether my luggage will even come back at all. sigh =(
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