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Arizona here I come! In a few weeks I will be leaving Denver to become a project manager in Phoenix. This came as quite a surprise to me as I was just starting to get settled in here. If you remember, I've written about things here being super slow and possibly not having anything to do until November. Rather than have me sit here doing nothing, they decided to promote me and send me on my way. What an exciting opportunity. Colorado was fun but I guess it's on to new adventures. Stay tuned for more info...

Rock Pile

Went to the Rockies/Brewers game, ate tons of stuff that should make you sick, Brewers lost, nuff said...

Taste of Cherry Creek

Right outside of the hotel there is a biking/walking path that leads to downtown and other surrounding areas. Everyday I look at the bikers and imagine that will one day be me. Yes, I am in the market for a bike. There are trails everywhere around here. Anyways, this path intersects with a small park that was hosting the "Taste of Cherry Creek". I had seen signs for this all week and wondered what it was. Especially because the sign said free food. So, last night I decided to walk over and check it out. Needless to say it was a complete waste of my time. They had one area with hotdogs, chips and pop and then booths set up here and there that really didn't carry much information. The only interesting thing was that there was a section for kids to make birdhouses...well really the parents made them and the kids watched. I thought about making one myself for the fun of it but changed my mind when the lady asked me how old my child was. I only hung around for 10 minutes...plus it started raining...the park is surrounded by trees and a creek and I didn't feel like getting struck by lightning.

Our hotel offers a free membership to the 24 hour fitness center located across the parking lot...pretty cool eh? After the "Taste" I went there and was about ready to hit the Elyptical (sp?) when I noticed a class was about ready to start. I love going to classes. Turns out it was a dance workout class. It wasn't all dance movement but it was nice to do some of the basics again. It's been a year since I have actually been in class...sad. So, Yay for something to help keep me in shape for when I DO go back.

Peace

Copper Mountain Fun

Copper Mountain is a lovely ski resort community. During the summer they have activities such as rock climbing, go karts, boating, and more. What originally peaked my interest about the place was that they have something called a "Diggler" that you ride down the mountain. Come to find out the diggler is an off road scooter...to me it's like a skate board on larger wheels with a handle bar and brakes. What a ride! We took the ski lift up to about 11,000 feet and rode the scooter all the way down. It was so much fun. The first time we went down it took longer because we were stopping along the way to take pictures etc... but the second time went by way to fast. You're pretty much coasting the whole way. It's bumpy but the first time you don't really feel it. At least I didn't. I think I felt every bump the 2nd time around because my body was worn out from everything else I had been doing.

We climbed a real rock. I'm saying that b/c I've only ever done rock climbing on those fake walls with the grooves in it for your feet. This was the real deal and I was so proud of myself because I made it to the top. It took me about 5-7 minutes. Emily was like spider man crawling up the wall. She's a pro...well semi pro. The quad jump was fun (that's the contraption that has you hooked to bungee cords and you jump on a trampoline). The guy had me flying....and I mean flying in the air. He wouldn't let me off until I did a flip so I overcame my initial fears and pulled off 2 or 3. Woo hoo! Let's see...what else did we do? Oh yes, we did bumper boats (we felt like we were 12 again) and wow did we get soaked. I didn't know they had super soakers built into the things. After that we rode the go karts to dry off. It was a generic track which was one circle.

After about 4 hours of non-stop activity we headed home. I was beat. What an exhilarating day! I almost forgot to tell you about the drive there. It was beautiful. Remember I said the drive to the Springs was pretty? Well that was trash in comparison to this. I didn't know any better. Mountains were on every side of us. I would love to live in one of the little mountain towns...probably super expensive. I don't think I can adequately describe what it was like so I guess I will leave it to your imaginations. If I hadn't been driving I would've taken more pictures. Maybe next time :o)

Pics of the Mountain

The ride up

It's snow in July! Dirty melting snow at that.

The "Diggler"

Helmet Girl

After the bumper boats