We have had a lot of fun exploring colorado it's a great state to visit but we wanted one last adventure before heading to the midwest, so we decide to go white water rafting! We found a half day trip on the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge. The trip takes off in the small western town of Canyon City which is about 45 minutes from Colorado Springs where my friend Lee lives. So i call up Lee and tell him the plan asked if wanted to go but he had to work. So we drive from Boulder to Lee's house. The rafting is early the next day but we go out anyway. His roommate manages a bar so we get some free drinks. Then we go to this other bar where this band is playing and BBQ going on so we get some grub and beers. After some listening to the band and beers we go back to lee's and smoke a little.
Next day we wake up real early and drive the short distance to canyon city. I smoked on the way but Jorge was scared to smoke and hit the rapids. We get to Raft Masters the company we were going with, sign some waivers. They tell us to get our helmets and wet shoes. Jorge and i get matched up with this old couple and the best guide. The whole group gets on this buss they drive us up the mountain, past some prisons. The guides unloaded the rafts they give us some last minute instructions. The water is cold but refreshing. It was a level 3/4 rapids but the water level was down a little. The mountains were amazing, the view from the raft looking up at the royal gorge just surrounded by rock was awesome. There was a bridge all the way at the top and our guide told us last year he was coming down the river and found a guy that was parachuting and got cut in half on the bridge cables, CRAZY. Part of the way, there was an old railroad track right next to the water and the guide told us those tracks were older then the state of colorado. I can't imagine someone building that through the side of a mountain that long ago. On one set of rapids i almost pushed jorge out but no one fell out of our raft. There was a lady in a different raft that fell out. Jorge and i both jumped in at this one calm part to cool off. After about 4 hours our trip was done and we all got back on the buses to go to the raft masters office. Gave our equipment back looked at some pics they wanted us to buy for like 40 bucks, i bought a t shirt instead. Starving after our trip we went to the small downtown of canyon city and found this pizza place we ate, it had real shity service. Then we drove back to lee's he was just getting out of work. We played some video games and smoked all night then the next day we have one of the longest drives of the whole trip ahead of us, 14 hours to St. Louis!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Boulder with Robyn and Karalinda
So after a relaxing week at uncle kevin's it's time for some partying and no better girls in CO to do it with then my friends from the brio in FL, Robyn and Karalinda. They live in Boulder about 45 minutes north of Denver. We find their apartment complex and meet Loki a puppy chiwawa they got recently. So we blaze a little and plan on going to pearl st. downtown boulder that night. So we slowly get read, pre-gaming a little. Then we are off to shooters i guess one of boulders favorite bars. Some nights they have wet t-shirt contests or midget wrestling but we missed both those nights. So after a few captains we go to another bar on pearl. After hitting up a few more spots we end our night back at shooters. The girls were hungry so we went to del taco it was robyns first time. Nothing special but it works for drunk munchies. Robyn goes to work early and the rest of us slept in. Then i put some football on since it was a sunday and karalinda kept trying to get us to lay out by then pool, no offence but if i'm hungover i would much rather chill in the ac, watch football, and burn one. So after a while robyn gets home and she was so shocked how late we slept and didn't do much while she was at work. I don't think she understands that by this point we had been traveling for almost 3 months and it's ok to just chill out and not spend money.
Next day jorge and i made one of our many shopping trips to the grocery store. Worked out then went to the pool where we met some of their neighbors who shared some beers with us. The pool was freezing but the hot tub was nice. That night we ended up back downtown denver on 15th and 16th streets. We met up with katie rooney. That night i got real wasted drank more then any other night in CO. At the end Robyn got her car and this gay guy really wanted to drive it. I thought it was a bad idea but it's not my car. It's a stick shift and he tried to put it into first and ground the gears real bad. At that point i told him to get out the car, he did. Then he tried to fucking kiss me, i pushed him as hard as i could he fell backwards into the glass window of the hyatt. So i was disturbed and wanted to smoke so i went with katie back to her house. Robyn, jorge, and kara followed all the way back and through a mcdonalds then decided she wanted to go all the way back to boulder because she had to work early, so they left. We went back to katies and her cousins dog wanted to eat me. She had to lock the two pitbulls in the room. We smoked and drank a little more then passed out. The next day she was nice enough to drive me all the way back to boulder. I made her a sandwich and smoked her out as a thank you. Katie chilled for a minute then went back to denver and that was the last time i saw her.
The next day i booked a room for our upcoming trip to steamboat springs. We went out to dinner at this nice place downtown, i forgot the name. Then we got a redbox movie and chilled out that night.
The next day robyn finally gets out of work so we hit the road to go to steamboat springs. A two hour drive is nothing with a nice blunt. So we get there pretty late check into our hotel and call it a night. The next day the girls wake us up real early to go get some brunch. I had eggs benedict. Then went to the Strawberry Hot Springs. A very amazing place, up on the mountain there is a very hot spring just coming out the side and running down into these huge pools. The highest pool is burning hot then they get a little cooler as they go down and eventually run off into this little river. It's crazy i have never seen a natural hot tub before now. So we hang out for a while before going exploring down the river, which was very hard torain especially with no shoes but we made down to a cool waterfall and found a place to smoke. So we went back to the parking lot where this old man worker told us if we left we would not be able to get back in. Which is bs since we needed to get some drinks in us. So we left anyway and went to this cantina got some mexican food and some beers. Then we went to this sports bar and continued to drink. The girls went in this photo booth and took some nice pics for us. We took some shots then about 9 went back to the hot springs and the same ass hole old man was in the hut by the parking lot. We all agreed we were not paying 20 bucks again when kara just went off waking by him. So the rest of us went too and of course he stops us. So i talked to him and said hey man you said we could not leave so we took a nap in the parking lot. He looked confused but let us back in. Let me tell you the change at the springs from night to day is crazy. During the day it was families chillin, at night it was a party people drunk and naked everywhere. So we broke out the captain found a nice spot in the pool on some steps starting passing it around the bathing suits soon came off. Robyn has the most amazing ass i ever seen. It was just sticking out of the water with the moon light hitting it. Amazing one of the best natural wonders i have seen on this whole trip. Lets just say we had fun then the grumpy old man came down from his hut to kick us out. So we packed up and went back to the truck. Drove out of steamboat springs and headed back to boulder. Robyn fell asleep right away before she could even get dressed. The rest of us smoked the whole way back. I was almost falling asleep and it is a crazy drive through the mountains but we made back safely. Instantly passed out.
The next day was our last we made some dinner, watched a movie, and packed our bags. It is time to move on next stop white water rafting in colorado springs!
Next day jorge and i made one of our many shopping trips to the grocery store. Worked out then went to the pool where we met some of their neighbors who shared some beers with us. The pool was freezing but the hot tub was nice. That night we ended up back downtown denver on 15th and 16th streets. We met up with katie rooney. That night i got real wasted drank more then any other night in CO. At the end Robyn got her car and this gay guy really wanted to drive it. I thought it was a bad idea but it's not my car. It's a stick shift and he tried to put it into first and ground the gears real bad. At that point i told him to get out the car, he did. Then he tried to fucking kiss me, i pushed him as hard as i could he fell backwards into the glass window of the hyatt. So i was disturbed and wanted to smoke so i went with katie back to her house. Robyn, jorge, and kara followed all the way back and through a mcdonalds then decided she wanted to go all the way back to boulder because she had to work early, so they left. We went back to katies and her cousins dog wanted to eat me. She had to lock the two pitbulls in the room. We smoked and drank a little more then passed out. The next day she was nice enough to drive me all the way back to boulder. I made her a sandwich and smoked her out as a thank you. Katie chilled for a minute then went back to denver and that was the last time i saw her.
The next day i booked a room for our upcoming trip to steamboat springs. We went out to dinner at this nice place downtown, i forgot the name. Then we got a redbox movie and chilled out that night.
The next day robyn finally gets out of work so we hit the road to go to steamboat springs. A two hour drive is nothing with a nice blunt. So we get there pretty late check into our hotel and call it a night. The next day the girls wake us up real early to go get some brunch. I had eggs benedict. Then went to the Strawberry Hot Springs. A very amazing place, up on the mountain there is a very hot spring just coming out the side and running down into these huge pools. The highest pool is burning hot then they get a little cooler as they go down and eventually run off into this little river. It's crazy i have never seen a natural hot tub before now. So we hang out for a while before going exploring down the river, which was very hard torain especially with no shoes but we made down to a cool waterfall and found a place to smoke. So we went back to the parking lot where this old man worker told us if we left we would not be able to get back in. Which is bs since we needed to get some drinks in us. So we left anyway and went to this cantina got some mexican food and some beers. Then we went to this sports bar and continued to drink. The girls went in this photo booth and took some nice pics for us. We took some shots then about 9 went back to the hot springs and the same ass hole old man was in the hut by the parking lot. We all agreed we were not paying 20 bucks again when kara just went off waking by him. So the rest of us went too and of course he stops us. So i talked to him and said hey man you said we could not leave so we took a nap in the parking lot. He looked confused but let us back in. Let me tell you the change at the springs from night to day is crazy. During the day it was families chillin, at night it was a party people drunk and naked everywhere. So we broke out the captain found a nice spot in the pool on some steps starting passing it around the bathing suits soon came off. Robyn has the most amazing ass i ever seen. It was just sticking out of the water with the moon light hitting it. Amazing one of the best natural wonders i have seen on this whole trip. Lets just say we had fun then the grumpy old man came down from his hut to kick us out. So we packed up and went back to the truck. Drove out of steamboat springs and headed back to boulder. Robyn fell asleep right away before she could even get dressed. The rest of us smoked the whole way back. I was almost falling asleep and it is a crazy drive through the mountains but we made back safely. Instantly passed out.
The next day was our last we made some dinner, watched a movie, and packed our bags. It is time to move on next stop white water rafting in colorado springs!
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