Well, it’s been almost a month and a half since I started training here at Mesa Verde, and a solid month of giving tours. I figured it’s about time I sit down and update you all on the more specifics of my life instead of continuing to write obscure posts on how awesome the things around me are. Continue reading “Moving in at Mesa Verde”
Category: Wellness
Desert Flowers
6/11/11
This post is a long time coming. Seriously, I’ve been meaning to write it forever. The words have been in my head so long, I have no idea how to start. Continue reading “Desert Flowers”
A Happy Anniversary
5/17/11
This won’t be posted for a while still I’m sure (I have no internet, television, or cell phone service in my canyon-bottom residence here at Mesa Verde), but I am writing this on May 17, 2011, the one year anniversary of my college graduation. Continue reading “A Happy Anniversary”
A Rookie’s Guide to Hiking
A few days ago I did my first big hike of the season. The last time I did the Syncline Loop turned out to be a very…er… interesting experience (you can read about that fateful day here, if you haven’t already). Although I thoroughly enjoyed the part of the hike I spent on my own, I felt a little cheated on the second half and decided to give it another swing. Continue reading “A Rookie’s Guide to Hiking”
How to Grow
In my old life, these first few days of the new year would have been especially frustrating. For one, the transition from the holidays to regular-old-winter-cold is usually a pretty depressing one for me, and I loathe the chores that come with undecorating. It’s a bit of a psychological punch in the gut if you ask me – just a tedious task that serves as a reminder that some of the most magical times of the year are over. Continue reading “How to Grow”
Wellness
Over Christmas dinner the other night, my boyfriend’s parents asked me how I was adjusting to the altitude and weather. I chuckled and told them that I was doing great, and that that was somewhat surprising because at the start of winter for the past 4 years I’ve been taken down by a crippling, rare strain of strep throat. But not this year! I laughed. It must be my new frame of mind, my blossoming athleticism, or the crisp mountain air. Continue reading “Wellness”
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