Alison came to school with me on Thursday and visited some history classes (she was a history major). So that was pretty fun to show her what I've been doing.
On Friday, we drove up to Rocky Mountain National Park. Alison is a National Park lover and was SO excited to visit. It was super windy the whole day and I have about 15 pictures of me with my hair in my face. I thought I would just post one. This was when I pulled to the side of the road to remove a tumbleweed from where it had lodged under my car.
This is Alison... she's clearly enjoying her visit to the mountains!
A nice picture of an aspen tree with a few leaves left. Alison used to intern for Chris doing photography, and I thought he would be proud of this shot she took.
This is a picture of our lunchtime villan. We were enjoying sandwiches on a rock when this fellow decided to join us. He was very forward and was not deterred by any amount of shoo-ing and stomping. We finally relocated to finish our lunch.
Al and I at a small pond.
As we were leaving, we saw a whole group of deer that were right by the street. They eventually crossed in front of the car and Alison took this picture. Sadly, we saw no elk.
After safely returning from our mountain excursions, Alison and I, being the super-cool people that we are, attended a party. It was a potluck type gathering at the house of another young teacher from my school. We decided to make this festive seven-layer dip.
Finally, to conclude our time together, we visited the Budweiser Brewery in Fort Collins. We liked seeing how the beer was made, but loved seeing the pretty Clydesdale horses. We also enjoyed sampling some beer.
All in all, we had a really fun visit together!
