denver

Leaving Denver

Jacob Redding — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:31:46 +0000

Diana and I are heading out for LA in about two hours. We'll be spending the next few weeks in California meeting friends and visiting my Grandmother. Then we leave for Hong Kong on the 26th. Today marks exactly three weeks before we move to China! Oooh I'm excited I can't wait.

Unfortunately I didn't write much while in Denver but I did take a ton of pictures. I will try to get them uploaded later this weekend. For now you can check out this picture from our hike over Labor day weekend. While most people lounged on Labor day we hiked up a freakin' mountain (literally). We nearly summited Mt. Evans and by "nearly" I mean we did. My legs are sore, my back is sore, my face is sunburned but hellz yeah we climbed a mountain! Booya! (wow, where'd the booya come from?)

ssshhh. Don't tell Diana but we're going to Joshua Tree this evening!

Hiking in Denver

Jacob Redding — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:04:35 +0000

Over Labor day weekend Tony, Deb, Diana and I went up to Mt. Evans in Denver, Colorado to do some hiking. On Sunday morning we drove as close as we could to basecamp which was still about 3 miles away and a few thousand feet below. We hiked up and into the Colorado woods quite literally. After setting up camp, building a nice fire and getting a good nights sleep we decided to do some more hiking. This time we opted to just go up a "little" hill next to our campsite.

The little hill turned out to be a few thousand feet tall and we nearly summitted Mt. Evans. Even though I say nearly what I really mean is that we did summit it. That is what I'm going to tell you, all of my friends, everyone I meet and every single one of my nieces, nephews, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.

Oh did I mention that it was up hill in the snow both ways? Well it was.

My what a week..or two..or four

Jacob Redding — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:15:37 +0000

I'm not exactly what is going on with me lately but since I left New York I have been unable to hold onto the things I need to hold onto. Less than one week after arriving in Florida I lost a folder that contained all of my important financial information (tax returns, bank account info, retirement accounts, etc. etc.). This caused me about two weeks of daily phone calls to financial institutions to change account numbers, add security passwords, alerts and/or shift funds around. Now nearly a month later I'm still not done due to some very old-school (and possibly incompetent) institutions (*cough* MetLife *cough*).

Now I've lost my phone. A phone that I've had for over 5 years and I was planning to get rid of........when we left for China. But not NOW! Every phone number I have, lost. Pictures that are 4 years old, lost. Txt messages from twitter,lo.. wait, who cares. I've been phone-less for about a week now and it feels like a throwback to the 80s. How did people live without cell phones? really, how? I guess I'm going to find out. We're in the U.S for another 3 weeks and there are no plans to get a new cell phone. *gasp*

Despite losing a folder that is an Identity-thief's wetdream and losing my cell-phone things in Denver have been going pretty good. The weather has been amazing. The mornings start out around 70 degrees, reach a high of upper 80s to low 90s and then cool back down in the evening. Afternoon rain showers are pretty common but they go as quickly as they come and the water dries up within the hour. There has only been a single large thunderstorm that sat on top of Denver for about 30 minutes. It woke me up at 2am and had me a little fearful of being hit by lightning. What is life without a little fear though, eh?

We haven't had a chance to do much in Denver yet due to varying circumstances. Our first week in Denver Diana went to California and I stayed behind to do work. The second week was filled with planning our trips around California and China, determining dates where to stay, etc. as well as starting our Chinese studies up again and getting acquainted with our surroundings. Finally in our third week we have plans to really explore Denvey by leaving it.

Tomorrow Diana and I are picking up a rental car and heading out of town. We're not exactly sure where we're going yet but there are a few possibilities. Garden of the gods, Pikes Peak, Mt. Evan, Colorado springs, or heading to Wyoming to meet my good friend Ryan.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring...