my first trip to denver

well, it wasn't really my first trip to denver because i went to denver when i was like 8 with my family. about the only thing i remember from that trip is that we stayed in estes park. no other memory really than that. so, i while techncially i had been to denver before i don't think it can really count. last weekend was my first weekend in denver with scott. it was a very quick weekend (as weekends usually are) but we managed to pack in a pretty full weekend and have a blast. we had planned on going on a hike...and we did... with a couple of his friends. however, i had kind of forgotten about the altitude and how i've spent my entire life at or slightly (as in 50 feet) about sea level so this 5,000+ feet above sea level stuff was slightly higher than i was used to. i pretty much was dead after like 30 minutes and felt really pathetic for not being able to move faster and being so out of breath. wow, maybe those spinning classes don't get you in as good of shape as you think or as i like to think... it was just the altitude. in any case, we decided at my pace this rather easy hike would take hours longer than it should so we scrapped the hike and went tubing down a river. unfortunately i don't have any pictures of tubing b/c my camera doesn't take to the water well. but i can tell you that that water was frigid!! once you got in and got fully wet it was much better. oh i should mention - we were in our hiking clothes and didn't have anything to change in to. well this is a real popular spot and there were a lot of people in there tubing down the river. there are mini little rapids to go down and it was really fun (and cold!). this, this i could do. altitude did not kick my ass here!! here is a picture of me and scott on our little hike.

i will conquer that dang mountain...someday!