Well, I guess I should post more often, huh? Recently I have been pretty busy with nothing really. But all that nothing leads to starting my homework late and going to sleep late and thus not having much energy to stay up late writing posts. Which is generally my time to post. So I apologise. I am going to bed early tonight--well, as early as I can, it being already midnight--to catch up on some much needed energy.
News about my class: My class has been so much fun. I look forward to it in the mornings (unusual) and I don't get bored. I have been talking so much Spanish these last couple of days that it is starting to stick and I talk outside of class too. Now if only this desire to talk in Spanish would spread to writing in Spanish and then I would have it made. Homework would be fun too! But that is just way to much to ask. Another good thing about the class is that the teacher is really cool. Here at CC us students are allowed to take teachers to the dining hall for free. So tonight some of the other kids in my class and I took our teacher to dinner and stayed talking with her there for two hours. We were the last ones to leave. What fun!
News about skiing: When I was first deciding about which college to attend, I made a list of all possible colleges based on certain requirements. The number one requirement was that the college be in a state that got snow so I could go skiing. Well this last weekend I went skiing on Satruday for the first time this year and am planning on going again this Saturday. Who would have though that I would be skiing in early November? Not me! The snow isn't great but that doesn't really matter--it should get better--what matters is that I am out there doing some telemark turns.
News about my last block break: I had an absolutely fantastic trip two weeks ago for my third block break. First Erik and I got out of class a day early and drove to southern Utah and spent the night there in Zion National Park. In the morning, after a couple hours of running around like chickens with our heads cut off, getting supplies, we started hiking into Orderville Canyon. Its name comes from a polygamist that hid there in the twenties trying to escape the law. Who could say he couldn't marry whoever he damn well pleased? Anyway this hike was fantastice. The path led us through this small side canyon of the Zion Narrows, through pools, over huge boulders and down waterfalls. Erik and I finished with time to spare so we decided to hike to the top of Angel's Landing, this huge outcropping of rock with two-thousand foot falls on three of its sides. To get up there you have to hike along this ridge for aways and then up a pretty shady trail with some major exposure. We got to the top just in time to see the sun set accross the Zion valley. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. After climbing down, that's right climbing, in the dark we started high-tailing it south towards the North rim of the Grand Canyon, our next destination. We awoke in the morning from a spot on the side of the road and after an hour long detour (in our tired states the night before we had taken a wrong turn) we arrived at the north rim of the good ol' grand. It had an acceptable view. Sarcasm: I'm full of it. With little but enough food in our packs we started our descent down the the Colorado River that would take two days and a five thousands feet drop in elevation. By the end of the second day I was completely wasted and sore. I hate hiking downhill--it is hard on the knees. A highlight of the first campsite was that it had a good view of Thunder River Falls. At the falls Thunder River just pours out of a hole in the canyon walls. Right out of the middle of now where, and we didn't know it at the time but there is a series of caves up there that can be explored and such. The falls were quite amazing. The next day we made it down to the river and camped close enough to hear the class III rapids (not very tough) quite clearly. Near our campsite some rafters were also camped and when we told them the next day we planned to hike along the river for a few miles they offered us a ride. What luck! So after a meal of plain pasta (I was to cheap too get some cheese) I went to bed with thoughts of the rafting trip the next day. In the morning, we got up and cooked some hashbrowns without grease, oil or butter (we forgot) for breakfast and joined the rafters. The ride on the Colorado was quite pleasant and as I looked at the shore line I saw the three or four miles of tough terrain that they saved us from. Once they dropped us off we started our accent up 3500 feet to our next campsite 6 1/2 miles away. The thing you have to know about the Grand Canyon is that it isn't steady uphill, it is extremely steep for a mile and then relatively flat for a few then extremely steep again. Not exactly a walk in a park (well litterally it is, a national park, but you know what I mean). All in all it was one of the toughest backpacking trips I have been on but it was definetly a whole lot of fun. A must do for anyone interested in the outdoors.
In other news: My Intramural soccer team has been undeafeted since our dissapointing season opener and we have made it to the playoffs and won our first game. Soccer is so much fun when it is laid back.
Time for bed.
7 November 2002 04:58am UTC • 422 views • 0 comments
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