My friend Josie invited me to go camping with her friends at Blue Mesa up in the mountains of Colorado. Correction, glamping. It's been awhile since I've been camping anywhere...probably at least three years. Before COVID, obviously. Glamping on the other hand, I've never done. Though in my opinion, what we did this weekend, I would consider camping. We had a camp fire, cooked over a grill/stove and spent a lot of time outside. Granted, we were in a cabin that had running water and a bathroom. I still consider it camping. Regardless of what it's called, I had a lot of fun.
On Saturday, we explored Crested Butte, a ski town, about an hour away. There were many stores to mingle around in and bars/restaurant also littered the streets. The buildings reminded me of those you would find in Old Western movies. For dinner, we went to a place called Bonz. It had BOMB tacos and margaritas. I ordered way too much food, mainly because I ate breakfast at 9 am and then snacked periodically before we left for CB. It was a cute town and we met some interesting people. Emphasis on interesting. One guy came over because we were all petting his dog who looked exactly like Josie's dog, Autumn. We chatted with him and fed his dog ice chips. He told us he knew some ASL but never showed us anything other than "Thank you." Another guy decided to yell that he liked my hair. SMH I'll never know why people think this is an okay thing to do. Seriously, I need to start walking around with a bag over my head.
On Sunday, we rented a platoon. I have never heard of such a thing before never mind ride in one. James was the captain, so he drove the boat. He liked to randomly start and stop trying to cause us to fall over. SMH. Terrible captain. I'm not a fan of boats ever since my first ride to Nantucket years ago but this trip wasn't so bad. We didn't rock a whole lot but when we did I held onto my seat for dear life!
One of the sad things about the Blue Mesa area was that the water levels were super low cause of the lack of rain in the area. They also have to share the water with the surrounding areas so if one part of the county gets more rain/snow than another, they have to transfer some of it so it's all equal. You could tell where the water normally is -- at least five or six feet above where it actually was. Hopefully, they get some more rain to lessen the amount of fires that tend to happen during the summer.
After everyone -- almost everyone -- took a nap, we played one of my favorite outdoor games, minigolf! We didn't keep score but I am competitive so I tried my best to be strategic with each swing but eventually, I gave up. Some of the holes were HARD!! Overall, we had a blast.
It was a great weekend filled with laughter, old and new friends and a whole lot of petting. I was the only person who didn't have a dog. If I did, I think it would have been way too overwhelming. There were five dogs among five people there. Now that I don't live with a dog, I enjoyed their attention and being able to walk Autumn and Marble occasionally and of course the constant begging for petting. Miss, Adam's dog, loved to jump up onto my lap every time I sat down. The only thing I didn't like about her was that she shed like crazy. I am so glad we had a non shedding dog growing up. I don't know how people handle it. The hair gets EVERYWHERE!
Minus the teasing and "meanness" from James and Adam, in particular, it was a great weekend. Men. We had great weather and I added another sticker to my water bottle! I've been adding stickers to it whenever I go to a new place.
Can't wait for my next adventure!
