estes park: tiny boats

we spent a fair portion of sunday being lazy, making tiny boats, and not wanting to leave.

estes park: valentine vow renewal

estes park: summary

favorite things that weren't necessarily documented on film:

1. hot tub hot tub hot tub. more specifically: hot tub/creek sprints. hot tub until you feel like you're having a heat stroke, then jump out and run a block down the street to the (FREEZING COLD) river and jump in, and then run back to the hot tub before hypothermia sets in. lather, rinse, repeat.

2. police officers on segways. because when you need to go a little faster than a walk...

3. trespassing to climb a mountain. the view was worth it. hearing elk bugling in the woods and not knowing where they were or when/if they were going to attack us.... a bit scary.

4. sweet potato pie. times infinity.

5. waking up early and watching movies. and waking up early to take a walk.

6. boys in bowties!!

7. walking and walking and walking. building make-believe forts between rocks and trees in the middle of town. sitting in that perfect spot for so long that your legs fall asleep and your neck gets sunburned. carving your initials into a tree. and also a polaroid.

8. pasta and asparagus.

estes park: elk

the elk were abundant and pretty grumpy this year. we came quite close to having to climb a tree to avoid 4 of the big fellas. FELLAS. with those horns that make you want to shit your pants. sean had the closest call of the weekend though... the elk basically charged at him. regardless, we went elk watching every day we were there. the bugling was delightful, and there were lots of little fuzzy baby elk. they even wiggled their way into the background of the valentine vow renewal. or perhaps we wiggled our way into the foreground. either way, it was awesome.

autumn.

thus far, the first week of fall for 2009 has been nothing short of remarkable. heading up to estes park tomorrow for a long weekend...

i'm guessing it's only going to get better.

waiting waiting waiting.

fact: 10 days can seem like forever.

fact: estes park will be the pot of gold.

sweet potato pie, guys. SWEET POTATO PIE! also hot tubs and fall leaves and favorite people and elk and bow ties.

it doesn't get much better.

...so, uh... did i mention the SNOW?

pretty great weekend.

snow on the peak!

...one of my favorite days of the year.


recent good movies:
good dick
phoebe in wonderland
sunshine cleaning
into the wild
after the wedding
thank you for smoking
henry poole is here

balloons, round 3: rained out.

not pictured: root beer, whiskey, sean, terrible hipster band that continued to play (a man with a fanny pack was really into them), nachos.

also, one thing that i didn't get any pictures of this weekend, and am really beating myself up about, the Pikes Peak Powered Paragliders!!! they were awesome in many ways, but my favorites were the purple unitards and the ability to turn a grown man into a 10 year old in 2 seconds flat.

balloons!

i went to the colorado springs balloon classic last night. and this morning. and i'm going again tonight. and perhaps even tomorrow morning. because do you know what is way better than sleeping and using sanitary toilets? BALLOONS! i have so many balloon pictures, i don't quite know what to do with all of them, but i'm dumping some here... and these are just the ones from my phone. polaroids in spades on the way...

hooray hooray hooray!