Friday we left Carbondale and drove through the mountains to get to Denver so we could pick up Mandy from the airport. I am forever thankful to my adventure partner for coming out for the weekend to explore the mountains with us.
We left the airport and went back into the mountains without a definitive plan for where we were gonna sleep that night (pretty typical of us). As we were driving, Mandy figured we would stay in Silverthorne as we were hiking Snitkau in the morning and it was about a 30 min drive.
Of course we took a detour and drove through Arapaho National Forest for a bit before heading to our hotel for the night. Mandy apologized to Jimmy Johns for running out of bread and we settled for pizza since we didn’t feel like leaving the room. We actually planned our Saturday out (wild, I know) and called it a day.
Saturday we packed up and drove to Snitkau. From the car it seemed pretty easy, despite all the comments saying the first 1000 ft are the worst—they were not wrong.
Rolo was loving life and running up the mountain as Mandy and I were taking in the views.
After our morning hike, we drove around and moseyed back to the south Denver area where we were staying for the night. It was amazing seeing different areas of Colorado I hadn’t driven through before.
We got to the hotel, which was way too fancy for us, and made plans to go see End Game–I never got around to seeing it, and Marvel movies are kinda our thing. Rolo was the most tired pup and was out for the count, so he didn’t mind that we were leaving him.
Sunday we got up and ran some errands before going to the airport to pick up Matt who was back in town for a brief jaunt between Heartland and work things. After a long lunch and another trip to the airport, Mandy and I headed north to Ft. Collins area and hiked Horsetooth before once again heading to the airport so Mandy could (unfortunately) head back East.
I made my way to Denver for the night and got some grad school work done, not a lot as the internet was the not the best.
Rolo and I left Denver and headed to Rifle, Colorado. We got in around noon and ran to Walmart for laundry detergent, got our oil changed, got coffee while we waited to check-in to the hotel, and are currently relaxing. Rolo is passed out, happy to be out of the car. Laundry and homework are next on the to-do list as we are off to Salt Lake City tomorrow to see Ryan.
Kelsey & Rolo's Big Adventure 