Exploring the local Colorado mountain town

Day 3: November 15^th

I woke up pretty early and peed a couple of times, thinking the toilet was locked the whole time; it was just turn anti-clockwise which was weird. I settled down in my bed afterwards, was not able to sleep I woke up at around 6-7am ish and wanted to wake up Jon because I wanted to start the day early and go down to the town.

I was hearing the Indians making breakfast the kitchen and was just being noisy, I wanted to shoot inside the kitchen but I couldn’t it was their time and who gives…

So at around 8:30 ish I took the courage to take a shower because it became quiet and just didn’t mind them, as I open our door: I saw an Indian girl and again my initial reaction was a pleasant “Good Morning” and she was just shocked and greeted me back. I went inside the bathroom and mind my own business and enjoyed the warm water sliding through my skin. After my shower, I went inside and Jon was awake “finally” and he prepared his stuffs and took a bath, after all that we decided to get my stuffs at the temp house. No luck, no body was there so I had to go back in the apartment, Jon went back because he realized that he needed a thermal which he really did need.

So we were off for an adventure for the day, took the free bus shuttle going to the local town pretended not to be tourist and tried to blend in so that the people wont be shooting us skeptical eyes. It was approximately 45mins just to go down the nearest town, but it was because of the stops, as we went down to the last stop; we had to walk back to the nearest outlet stores AND DAMN WAS THAT WIND CHILL I TELL YOU. Jon was like, “I think my ears will be breaking in a while”. We struggled and resisted the cold wind, and stayed in the nearest outlet store and looked around. We went to “Timberland”, Jon looked around and eyed for some non-slip shoes and he found some nice ones and even bonnets that will keep your ears warm. I tell you it was very tempting, good thing I had a good control of this shopping, though I gave in at some point, such a buying, some plate, glass, spork, kettle and 2 pairs of shirt and a bonnet.

Jon was able to buy his non-slip shoes at “Bass” and he was able to save lots of money, around $70, that’s a great bargain from $129. WOOH! We love outlet stores, but I told Jon to take control because he mentioned to me he was an “impulsive buyer”. At around 3ish, we went to a chocolate/coffee store and bought some coffee and warmed up for a bit and waited for the free bus shuttle but “failed”. So then we decided to just walk our way back to the chilling winds and back to the terminal where we got down, but before that we went to 711, to buy some essentials and noodles and chicharon. Ÿum yum.. pork rinds. Then we walked back again and resisted the cooooled chills. We got to the terminal and the keystone bus, just left and had no choice but to wait a couple of more minutes and that was 25 freaking cold minutes. We were both happy even though we froze to death, especially my hand was just plain numb because of the coldness. After seeing the shuttle bus, we were so happy that we’ll be able to warm up- BUT NO: it was still cool and the ride back was still long. No choice… We passed by the church and didn’t see what the schedule was; Jon felt guilty for not going to mass today. I told myself, that I’ll just pray to God personally and thank Him for the gifts he has bestowed upon us for today.

After being dropped at our stop, we realized that it was far and so damn cold; we HAD NO CHOICE again but to walk in the freezing cold. After arriving in our apartment, we were just so happy to be able to feel the slight warmth of the room. We finished our checklist and dropped it over to the laundry room and took my toiletries from the temp housing, there were 2 American boys staying over. Good thing they were nice and told me that my yellow bag was there, MY DAY COULD NOT BE COMPLETED when my dad called and reminded me some stuffs while I shared with him what we did for today. Jon and I ate our cup of noodles dinner and ate and washed up and talked for a couple then decided to crash.

Today was incredible, the experience of being independent and the thought of it just starting will be even be greater. I can’t wait for David and Julia to arrive to experience, what we have experienced.

I’m so Thankful to the Lord God for keeping me safe, I just don’t feel like thinking of anything negative at the moment because, I want to savor this moments and experience.