Goodbye Colorado
I've had a wonderful week in Colorado, and I'm sad to put it in my rear-view mirror, but it's time to get back to my life in Virginia.
The perspective that different landscapes offer me emotionally is why I travel, and I feel more at home with myself now that I've had my fix of big, open country where wild is out your backdoor.
I found out more about my own need for being outdoors and near water, and fly fishing will be happening in my near future. Virginia has some great trout fishing waters, and I intend to begin exploring them as soon as possible.
Yesterday, we spent our day looking at old gold mines on Gold Creek, and I panned for gold in the Gold Creek Campground and on the Quartz river.
I found no gold, though. But lots of pretty rocks!
We then traveled over to Pitkin, a small, modern day mining ghost town that is trying to find a new identity as a four wheeling and motorbike destination.
We drove on some epic forest service roads, enjoying the mountain air and animals that showed their faces for us, and spent a lot of time in lawn chairs just staring at the scenery as the river gurgled past us. What a treat to take half a day and just stare into landscape, letting your mind drift with the clouds.
Here are a couple of videos I made to remember those small moments that call for a pause. I hope they invite you to take a minute wherever you are, and notice the majesty of the small moment.
Random fact about me: I drink a variety of sparkling waters daily, with Nixie being my favorite.