Weekend Adventures

Saturday afternoon began my epic weekend adventure of excitement and metal therapy. The Ultimate destination of this trip was my best friend Courtney's Cabin up in Grant Colorado only about an hour drive from Lakewood. Accompanying me on the drive up to the cabin was Jessica Courtney's cousin who is new to driving and is deathly afraid of high way driving. So being the speed racer I am and loving to drive especially in the mountains I offered to drive ourselves up the mountain. The whole drive up was a mixture of weird silence, fuming nerves, and impatiently awaiting arrival at the cabin. I could feel the tension evaporating off Jessica's body as she firmly grasped the, "holly shit handle", around each windy turn up down and around each mountain bend. Surely though the feeling of relief seemed to swarm over her face as we pulled into the cabins drive way after what seemed to me the longest drive of my life. Once I excited the car and inhaled a deep breath of the mountain air, I felt the sensation of ultimate relief from not only my sore butt from the drive but from the life stresser's I left behind me at the bottom of the mountain!! That for one weekend my stresses could not irritate me for two whole days I was free to let go and let loose. For me there is something about the mountains that provides a medicinal effect on me to clear my mind, enjoy myself in the great outdoors of Colorado, and for a moment escape the overwhelming life I live. The weekend festivities consisted of getting a bit silly and jamming out with my best friends to some classic tunes and working on are not so gracefully two stepping skills which lead to a few miner injuries. And after our dance sessions we worked up an appetite and drove the the Famous Coney Island Restaurant home to the ultimate hot dog experience. Which honestly is hilarious that we chose Coney Island because Courtney and I are vegetarains and a hot dog is the last thing either of us would eat. But the experience of the restaurant was the purpose of the dinning destination and I discovered my new favorite place to chow down on some delicious cheesy fries. The trip was a weekend I will hold in my memories of a long time and have developed some ridiculous inside jokes for me and my friends that will be shared over and over. Sadly as all things do the trip came to an end but gave me a boost of confidence and an ultimate feeling of rejuvenation to return back home to the reality of my life.