On My Own

For the past two days I've been navigating Estes Park by myself. Since there aren't any other fellows around and lab that I'm working out of is an hour away it's been very quiet and a bit lonely. But I've resolved to try and entertain myself in what ever ways I feel comfortable doing so here are my adventures so far:

• Walked the downtown area and discovered a number of little bakeries and bought cookies to snack on.
• Drove and did some hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park 
• Went to a movie alone 
• Grocery shopping 
• Walked parts of the Public River Walk 
• Drove around Estes Park to get the lay of the land 
• Found the laundromat, post office, office supply store, and numerous local outfitters 
• Explored the inner recesses of the NPS back lot 
• Found the trash dumpster  

Okay so that last one wasn't very adventuresome (as well as few others) but they are important.  It's strange to decide now to do something alone without the approval or companionship of another person, but I'm learning how to be my own boss and bide my own time.  Else I think I should just be depressed all the time. The downside, the video on iTunes isn't working and I am left with out any source of visual entertainment. Guess I'll just have to stick with listening to NPR podcasts to stay connected to the outside world. But I did hear about the Democratic National Convention . . . Josh should be happy about the latest news.

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[Richard]

Everyone knows it's the archaeologist who should be exploring the dumpster.