My Adventures Living Daily Life & Traveling the World

Colorado Scenery

After Glenwood, we headed to the airport on a scenic route through Colorado, driving right next to the famous Colorado River the entire way. It lived up to the hype. Jagged mountains, green fields, picturesque rivers, it was all here. The scenery on the way looked like it was taken straight from a fantasy film or a very well written novel. About midway through, we had an unscheduled stop atop the Rocky Mountains, with an altitude of 10,000 feet. If I felt shitty at 6,000 feet, I couldn’t imagine how I would handle this. But it actually wasn’t too bad. For some reason, my head felt heavy and my feet felt light. I thought I was floating when I walked. I did get a headache and sore throat from it, but it was worth every bit.

Then, it was time to drop everyone off. We said our goodbyes and I left my contact information with the two Canadian women. They were really the only people I cared to talk to on this trip. I had a great idea for a short story from everything they’ve told me, too.

Agricultural Museum

After lunch and the trip to Wal-Mart, we got to the agricultural museum. It wasn’t really a museum, just a bunch of old buildings German settlers left behind in the early 1900’s. There were houses, slave cabins, railroads, coal mine, church, and some other old-fashioned buildings. They were interesting, and some of the houses felt like they were haunted. Not having air conditioners inside was a big minus though. I think if I stayed in there for more than five minutes, I may have fainted from overheating. The entire tour group decided that it was way hot to stay any longer after only 20 or so minutes, so we left early.

We arrived in Montana after another hour of driving. Wow, this state is SO INCREDIBLY HOT. And I mean temperature wise. It is right below Canada, so technically it is located north enough to have cool temperatures. But no, it was almost worse than Houston, I thought. Not only was it scorching hot, but the sun was also in the sky with no clouds all day. It felt like an oven to me. Even at 9 P.M. it was over 95 degrees out. It might as well have been a desert.

Tomorrow should be the most fun day with lots of trails in the national park. George did tell us that there would be a lot of mosquitoes, which scares me quite a bit. I already have about ten bites that refuse to heal and itch like mad!

Traveling with a tour group is so physically exhausting. I feel like I’m having sex 12 hours straight everyday, only much less exciting…