I spent a week in Yellowstone/the Tetons with my family right after graduation. I saw so many animals close up! Bison, elk, black bears, grizzlies (with cubs!), pronghorn sheep, pikas, and moose. The one thing I really wanted to see was a wolf ... and sitting on the tarmac at Jackson Hole, I saw one on the runway next to us!!
The bison were everywhere. We got in a couple traffic jams because a whole herd were crossing (and taking a while).
We also went on a horse trail ride and I loved it. It was so cool - my horse was a bit of a bitch though (actually, the only girl horse on the ride too). She actually kicked my sister's horse in the face behind me for really no good reason. I want to ride more horses!
Then I met Andrew in the Denver airport and got picked up by Steve-o and Jake (the burlington boulderer, not Big Feintzeig). We've been crashing on Steveos' couches and bumming around. We climbed at a different climbing area every day of last week (so many places!!); spent the weekend in Rifle (where I couldn't climb hardly anything...limestone is hard!). I've spent this week at one of the four awesome climbing gyms here in town (Movement) -- just because I don't have anything else to do, and their air conditioning saves me from the balls hot heat wave. Mark will be happy to know that I've been practicing whippers and I've been trying to lead stuff that I will definitely fall on. Hopefully I will grow some bigger balls to be comfortable leading outside. Or at least borrow some from the heat wave.
I don't want to continue to complain -- but I definitely didn't know what to expect with the altitude. Man, so much huffing and puffing! I guess I didn't really think about it before getting here, but it's taken me a little to get used to it. Lungs, fill with oxygen!
I realized on Saturday that was the longest I'd ever been away from Teo. 10 days for spring break. 11 days since I'd been in Hanover.
If anyone sees him around Hanover, tell him I love him. And if you are traveling from Hanover to New York and want to bring him for a visit, I'd love you.And now the name-dropping section:
Seen a couple days of Clara Chew! She's doing great and I think is really enjoying Boulder. She's a busy bee though, lots of work/waking up at 6 AM. I woke up today at 10:30. Her car window broke today but at least her bumper is aligned because that was broken too.
Dom is getting here tonight. I do not want to hike, Dom. But I will sit in the air conditioning with you! And I can't wait to see your glacier-chiseled guns.
Egan is getting here July 6th!
Also heard that Shellito, McCauley, and Alice are showing up on the 6th!
Ellen says she'll be coming to visit from Creede sometime on a weekday(s). She can write her own update though.
So yeah, if you are around in Boulder and don't want to see me, at least come say hi to these nice people! If you do want to see me:
Today - July 18th: Boulder and vicinity
July 18th - July 23rd: Philadelphia
July 23rd - on: New York. 1st and 19th street. Come crash on my floor or use my pasta machine! I can't even offer you a couch because I don't know what the furniture situation is.
ALSO - my new email address is lily.he.2010@gmail.com if you don't already have it. Keep in touch! I miss Dartmouth!
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