Ok so now onto my adventures in Bozeman. I got here last Friday night late and have been a busy adventure bee since then. On Saturday we drove like 3 hours or so northwest and camped out. It was quite the adventure because we got to the National Forest when it was already dark so we were using our sweet headlamps to find a place to camp and it ended up being like right next to the road, but we survived. We woke up on Sunday morning and drove like another hour and a half to Idaho (yah that's right and the license plates in Idaho say something like "Beautiful scenery, Fabulous potatoes", but sadly I didn't get to eat any). Anyways we did this really cool trail called Rails-to-trails and it is an old railroad route that was turned into a bike trail. So the first two miles of the trail are through a tunnel. It was probably the hardest I have ever had to focus while riding a bike. You have to wear a headlamp because there are no lights in the tunnel and to make things worse on each side there are these 10 foot water basins and there are no rails between you and the basins. I was freaking out to say the least and how I didn't fall into the basin is news to me. It was totally awesome though and definitely a worth it!
Then we drove back to Bozeman and I have just been hanging here this week because my cousin and her boyfriend started class Monday. So I have been going to class with them and stuff, which has been both interesting and boring depending on the teacher. It's really cool though because they live so close to the mountains that we have been able to go hiking and whitewater rafting before class, which is totally awesome!
Ok so for the awkward story because there is always one right? So they live about 10 minutes from campus by bike so they always bike there. Well they are pretty sporty and in shape and stuff and well as much as I'd like to think I am, well once you hit elevation you're not. So they bike super fast and I am huffing and puffing and trying to keep up. Once you get to campus there is the trouble of trying not to hit pedestrians, which well it's hard to dodge them. So I am riding and trying to keep up and all of a sudden I lose my shoe, my bag gets stuck on the wheel, and down I go off the side walk into the grass. And if that wasn't enough, I couldn't get the bag unhooked off the wheel, so a smooth get away was out of the question. Then since my cousin and her bf were riding so fast I lost them and was running, yes running with my bike trying to find them. It was mortifying, but I kept telling myself "Thank God I don't go to this school!"
This weekend we are going backpacking in Yellowstone and we will be gone until Monday night, then I leave Tuesday morning for Denver! I will be in Denver Tuesday through Saturday hopefully finding a place to live and a source of income and if all goes well I will be moving October 1st. Pretty crazy! Well, I miss you all terribly and hope all is well in KY! Can't wait to hear about your lives!
PS-Lindsay I showed my cousin the blog and she read the story about the lip gloss and about peed herself! Ha ha so funny!
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