Boulder

From Chicago, we were headed to Boulder to visit Maggie again.  It’s a long, pretty flat drive, so we decided Kristen would be better off skipping it to save her the back pain.  She found a cheap plane ticket from Chicago to Denver, so I did the drive solo.

Honestly it was kind of nice.  I split the drive over 2 days, and stopped for the night in Omaha.  I listened to all of “The Endurance” book on tape, which was very interesting.  And the states I drove through were quite pretty.  Iowa is hillier than I expected, though Nebraska flatter and more boring.  I really didn’t mind the solo drive, though when I finally arrived in Boulder I was pretty exhausted.

Kristen was waiting for me when I arrived (she flew in earlier that day), and we had a fun couple of days with Maggie.  We did the hike up to Mt. Sanitas, walked around town, went to a very interesting guitar trio concert up at the Chautauqua, and I cooked some ratatouille.  We really love hanging out with Maggie, and love Boulder as a town – there is so much to do right at the foot of the mountains, and the weather is about perfect in the Summer.

I’m really glad we got to spend so much time with Maggie over the past year and a half.