About 2 weeks ago, I got a chance to go with my friend Muffy to Mt. Evans, outside of Denver to hike to the summit! An absolutely awesome day, we started a bit too late, but still in time to make it down by sunset. We took the ridge trail up which was about 4 hours, pretty rocky terrain with snow as we got higher and higher. Mt. Evans is one of the 14ers in CO, that would be 14,000 feet high. Near the summit we saw all of these mountain goats which Muffy became obsessed with as we probably got a little too close to them. They are really quite large, but very cute. It was an awesome view from the top looking out over the other peaks and valleys. You could see down below the Aspen trees changing colors. The pictures just don't do it justice! On the way down we took the road, which was already closed for the season. Thankfully we were able to walk down the side and cut off some time instead of walking the whole way on the road.




Unfortunatley there will be no more hiking for a couple weeks as I partially tore my MCL playing kickball! Yes...kickball. I went to the park and joined in on a game, thought it would be a good way to meet people, halfway through the game I was in the outfield going to catch a ball when my leg slipped and bent inwards and pop, there went my knee! What bad timing as I was supposed to do a rock climbing course, was just getting in shape and was looking forward to some outdoor activities this fall. It's feeling better, but I am now in a brace for a total of at least 4 weeks...bummer!