Last weekend, we were in Leadville, Colorado. It was so amazing. It is this quaint little town that is the highest incorporated town in the lower 48. It has 14 peaks within something like 4 miles. We left Denver on Friday night to head to Leadville with a stop in Idaho Springs for dinner at Tommy Knockers. Idaho Springs was home to a huge gold rush at some time. (Really informative, I know.) After a nice group dinner, we headed upwards to Leadville. Minus being a little nauseous due to ups and downs and winding around, we got to Leadville to a clear sky and no snow. We got an introduction from a very firm hostel owner about the rules, made some plans for the next morning, and then had some group "bonding time." It included doing some sort of silly exercise to get to know people in the group, and then headed to bed.
Saturday morning, we had a nice breakfast of pancakes, eggs, hash browns, coffee, and orange juice. I spent some time just relaxing as I hadn't really slept the night before before heading out to walk around town. Kim, Nicole, Britnee, Sarah, and I headed down the hill to walk around town and in and out of stores. We found some nice antique stores, met a nice lady at the Visitors Center, had a nice lunch at the old Saloon (with some shuffle board and a crazy wacko dog), then continued our walk. We took lots of stops to take pictures and just had a good time. About 2/2:30 we went back to the hostel to drop our stuff off and ended up staying. We watched "Million Dollar Baby" (suuuuper sad) and just hung out. We had a nice dinner (I think it was pork chops and apple sauce) and then did some more group bonding. After that, a can load of us headed out to go ice skating, but only 4 of us ended up skating. It was incredibly fun to skate under the lights as the snow fell. Afterwards, the whole group went out for some drinks.
Coming back Sunday, we relaxed during the afternoon after a super long, frighting trip back. Matt and I went out to watch the Broncos game (GO BRONC GO!).
Monday brought a whirl wind week in Denver. I had class from 8 am until about 11 then headed downtown. I found a nice hometown pizza place for a Cal-zone, then headed to Barnes and Nobel to do some work. After getting kicked off the internet (half an hour limit), i went over to Starbucks. I checked my email and found two super exciting emails.
Firstly, I took second place in the Library's Annotated Bibliography Contest that I entered last semester! I won a Wartburg Blanket and get my name put up some place!
Secondly, I had an email from my advisor asking if I would be interested in entering my senior analytic paper into a conference. She selects 3-5 students for it from fall semester and I was one selected! The conference is in April in Texas and completely paid for (minus food) by the school.
After getting this work done, I came back to the apartment and I'm pretty sure I just chilled Monday night.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I worked all day and continued to fall in love with my internship. I worked on a survey to collect demographics from the Dream House Giveaway Raffle, started to work on a power point for a presentation for my supervisor, wrote up a volunteer newsletter, wrote up a call for volunteers, sat in on meetings, and more that I just don't remember. PLUS Wednesday was DOG DAY and penney came :) penney and i are becoming good friends :) And I just saw that on Tuesday, I get to go tour the 3.2 million dollar dream house! I am so excited!
Tuesday night, a couple other people and I went to a symphony concert and humanitarian awards. It was one of the most amazing, influential things I have ever been to. They had a slide show going behind the symphony about the civil rights movements. At the end, they had a kids choir come out and sing We Shall Over Come/ Thanks Be to God. It was one of the most amazing things EVER.
Wednesday night was spent just hanging out. It snowed, so buses ran late all day. Thursday, I found someone with flour in the building and made some brownies that are pretty much now gone because they were HEAVENLY.
Friday, I slept in thanks to no classes! Then went downtown to a foodtruck meetup, and then headed for the library. I did some research for work, and then revised my CAP paper for submission to conference, wrote an essay for class, and continued with some other school work. I then came home, and Matt, Sarah, Nicole, and I looked up bowling prices, and then headed out around 7 for dinner at a Mexican Restaurant and went bowling.
Overall, the week has been busy, but good. I am learning my way around and loving everything about the city. I am learning to adjust and figure out when I want to go out and have fun and be adventurous, and when to just stay in. I'm learning to love the city life and public transportation. I can see myself living in a city after college. People are super nice and helpful and not very much scary at all.
I am working on trying to upload pictures to some public album like snapfish or shutterfly or photobucket or something, but there are pictures on Facebook if were friends. Go creep them up :) (To view pictures, please visit : Denver Pictures )
Anyway, I think that should update you on the last week. Just chilling today, getting addicted to Gilmore Girls thanks to my roommate, and then going out tonight to watch the Broncos game with the locals :).
Want to send letters? Send anything you wants via USPS
Amanda Woodin
285 S. Lincoln Street Apt 4
Denver, Colorado, 80209
Also, just to make this post even longer, an update on my bucket list :
Eat at the Tilted KiltDONE Dec 31, 2011Eat at the mellow mushroomDONE Jan 1, 2012- Tour the capitol
- Buy something from Tattered Covers Bookstore
- Visit the Denver Art Museum
- Go to the Celestial tea museum in Boulder
- Eat at D Bar Deserts
- Visit the Denver Mint
- Take a jog around Washington Park
Tour the Performing Arts Center DowntownDONE Jan 10, 2012- Visit Rocky Mountain National Park
- Visit the Falling Rock Tap House
- See the Molly Brown House Museum
- Drink at Jacksons
- Visit the University of Denver
- Go to Breckenridge Brewery
Write a Paper at the Denver Public LibraryDONE Jan 13, 2012- Attend a service at a Mega Church
Walk LoDoDONE Jan 8, 2012Walk through Union StationDONE JAN 8, 2012- Attend a Murder Mystery dinner show
- Tour Sports Authority Field
- Drink coffee at a local coffee shop
- Walk the entire length of 16th street
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Visit the exhibits at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
- Visit the Buffalo Bill Museum
- Tour Coors Field
- Go to Zoo
- Go to Dazzle restaurant
Find the Denver Cupcake TruckDone Jan 13, 2012- Strike up a conversation with a Homeless Person
- Strike up a conversation with the occupy protestors
- Buy a piece of Broncos Clothing
Attend a performance at the Denver Performing Arts CenterDONE Jan 10, 2012
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