Colorado!

So, I recently took a trip to Colorado. Mainly was in Fort Collins, but spend some time in Denver and Loveland, too. One word will describe the entire trip: absolutely, positively, 100% beautiful, amazing, relaxing, and serene.

I loved it. I am really thinking about moving there someday. Don't know which City for sure, but I've got a good idea it's going to be Colorado.

It was so great getting to spend so much time with Paula and Amber. Amber's gotten so big, though! Well, I mean - she's still skinny as a bean pole, but she's tall as hell. 12 years old! My baby is growing up so fast! Poor Greg, Paula's hubby, was sick the whole time. He did poke his head out now and then to show himself, though.

So, my trip began with a airplane ride. The last airplane ride I had was when I was 12ish, and I could barely remember it. I have been to McCarran International since then, but not on an actual plane. Mom and I stopped at Ruby's Burger shop and had the best damn mushroom burger I've ever had before. Ever. Ever ever.

The plane ride itself was awesome. We hit a tiny bit of turbulance, and it gave me a bit of a thrill. Freaked mom out a bit, and made her tummy queasy, but we were okay. We sat next to a guy with an attitude, but all was well. He was right next to the window seat, and so when I tried to see out the window, you could tell it annoyed him. Oh, well. He can kiss my ass.

We arrived, and Paula picked us up from the tiny little airport (if you can call it an airport). It was literally a double-wide trailor. The 'baggage claim' was outside under a tarp. We went to Amber's school to pick her up, and from there, went to Paula's house. We did the obligatory house tour, and I fell in love. She's got a cute little garden in the back. It didn't have anything growing, since we just got out of winter, but it was cute nonetheless. I met thier doggy Peaches (Peaches Jubilee, that is...she confused it with Cherries Jubilee. We had a good laugh when she explained to us where the dog's name came from). Peaches was a sweetheart. A little overweight, but loveable, nonetheless. Her house is absolutely beautiful. I'd go into more, but it'll be boring, I'm sure.

Amber and I got a chance to play some air hockey (which I whooped her in), some foozeball (which I whooped her in), and some ping-pong (which I whooped her in). In her defence, though - she's only 12. I had super fun spending time with her, for sure.

I also watched 30 Days of Night on one night, and The Mist another night. 30 Days didn't scare me at all, despite claims it's one of the scariest movies out there. I mean...come on. I watched it alone, middle of the night, with the wind howling outside. A few freaky parts. But nothing that even made me jump. The mist was good, but the end pissed me off. (I was having some trouble falling alseep so early, so I rented some On Demand stuff...)

There's little bunnies all around the neighborhood, playing in people's front yards. It was totally fricken adorable. There's even a fox a bit up the street, who hangs out with her baby foxies in the shrubs.

Over the days we were there, I got my first taste of martinis (yuck...) my first good taste of wine (pretty darn good...) and my first taste of Bailey's Irish Creme (MMMMMMM.....). Paula got me drunk on Saturday night while we played Cranium and Apples to Apples. It was a fun night, to say the least.

We went to the Denver Art Museum, which I absolutely loved. It was awesome. Some parts were oh-so-boring, but others were amazing beyond belief. To each his own. And, I had fun overall.

We also went up to Loveland and another little town that I forgot the name of, and there were a lot of little shops that we checked out. I bought myself a butterfly charm, because I losy my old one when Buddy broke my chain, and I put it in a "safe place", waiting for Ross to buy me a new chain. The safe place that I picked has since become so safe, even I cannot remember it. So, I'm sure I'll find it someday. Until then, I got a new charm and a new chain. Both are b-e-a-utiful. On the way up to the shops, we went up a really pretty mountainous road with small houses built into the side of the mountain! I saw a baby mountain lion that to the regular person would have looked like a orange regular sized house cat, but I knew it was an itty-bitty mountain lion.

We went to the Sculpture Park in Loveland, and I had a lot of fun there. I discovered that I'm a camera whore, and took lots of pictures with the different sculptures. I'll be posting them and other pics I took over the vacation on my MySpace shortly.

It even snowed while we were there! It was so awesome. It didn't snow so much that it left a blanket of snow on the ground, but you could see the snowflakes dropping for sure. And it wasn't even that cold there!

There's lot of things (or, people, more like it...) that I'd miss here in Vegas, but the quality of life is just so much better up there! The air is so clean. The cities are kept so nicely. And people aren'y cranky all the time! I'll have to go back to visit soon, for sure. But, if Paula gets her way, I'll be moving up there for permanent one of these days.