Interstate Stash what?

Friday night was so much fun as always!! After Rock climbing, we went home and I made crepes! I wish I had pictures! It was my first time and they turned out delicious! I used some left over veggies, mashed potatoes and ham from our Canadian Thanksgiving for the filling. yum yum. and then of course, I couldn't make crepes without making a sweet one. Nutella and Strawberries. I made that one again on Saturday morning. I want to learn all the different types!! After crepes, we flooded the Rock Inn.. I think they were happy to see us! My dear friend Kristen made mustaches for us to wear, to support the band of course! As successful weekend all in all. This coming weekend, we are flying to Chicago and then to Peoria for a friends wedding!! An entire weekend of celebration with the Dunlap crowd. Get ready, here we come!!

unibrow

hah

sketchy

awww

We want you!

Van and Brian

Edge of timeeeeeeeeeeee

This past weekend in Estes Park was one for the record books. It is mid October and I wore a T-shirt!! Now this is only during the daytime but still, it was so lovely. It gave us plenty of opportunity to play in the great outdoors! Friday, Kev got off work a little early and we wasted no time. It was off to  Lilly mountains Jurassic Park. Even though it's 15 minutes up the road and a rather steep hike, we had never adventured here! It was lovely, at least while the sun was out.

We went rock climbing in an awesome area on top a mountain nestled between two rock faces. We only passed one family on the way so we had the whole place to ourselves!
Unforchunately, we only climbed 3 routes total (once that sun goes down, the wind picks up and I thought we might freeze).

looking behind me

I made it to the top!

can you see the pula?

hah a little chalk on the face.

only thing holding me up

 

 

 

 

 

can you see the other climber. they are wearing red!

 

Kev climbed this awesome one called Edge of Time. I didn't climb it because by then, I was freezing and ready to get warmed up but next time! 

at the top

top again

such the perfect mountain man for me!!

by the time we hiked back down, there was a lovely sunset

Thankfully the hubs let me where his jacket.

A Friday afternoon well spent. Friday night we went to the ROCK INN!! Pictures to come!

Elk in the outfield

afternoon nap

if you look closely, you can spot one jumping the fence

scared for my life that they might jump the dog park fence and attack me

pula

As you have heard from my previous posts, Elk are taking over Estes Park. On Tuesday, we arrived at the dog park to find it surrounded with Elk. They were everywhere in the surrounding fields. I wonder who runs this town because there were so many elk, kids couldn't even have soccer practice! That is until they started kicking balls at the elk at which time a huge herd starting running and jumping the fence. The hubs and I were there to witness it all and luckily, had the camera for proof.

Thanksgiving was a SUCCESS!!!

On Monday, otherwise known as Columbus Day, we had a delicious celebration of CAnadians. The evening, which began at 6pm, was filled with ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green been casserole, my favorite cheese ball and all the salad a girl could ask for. We all filled our bellies to to brim. Every bit of 15 people squeezed into our tiny one bedroom house. We ate on tables and floors, each others laps and even standing up but it didn't matter, we were having too much fun to care! The music was mellow with my new favorite obsession, Iron Horse covering Modest Mouse; we danced and sang and swayed. Did i mention most people wore sweaters or vests, flannel and even scarves. haha

typical callahan.. waiting for dropped food

kathryn, kristen, cami

cami, lisa, me

kimberly and cami

eating

only canadian drinks and apple cider were allowed.

newlyweds carlie and dave



Trivia Pursuit



My friend Kristen and I cooked most I of the food that day. I felt blessed to be surrounded by the beauty of the mountains and such great people including my husband who did all the clean-up. Thanks hubs!

This week also starts the beginning of my boredom. Timeout has officially moved to winter hours, only open 3-10pm mon-thurs and then normal hours on the weekends. So I told my boss I don't need to take away hours from everyone else when I will be starting my new job on October 24th. Dumb Idea. I can't just sit around for two weeks. I am already thinking about all the new movies I can watch and even contemplating a run around the lake.... but thats only if I am really desperate. I would rather hike before I run.

In other news, I got to talk to one of my bestie yesterday and ichated with another last week! and hopefully will talk to the others this week.
I really miss my friends. I am making new friends but it just isn't that same. I doubt I will ever have such great friends as I did back home. 

I think this friday is another good band at the Rock Inn and hopefully, my camera will be ready this time!


Did I mention we had our first snow on Saturday!! It was gorgeous! 4 inches. of course, it melted the next day but that night, we had friends over to watch Out Cold and drink hot tea with chocolate chip butterscotch oatmeal cookies which were so gooey. I think I am ready for fall, not winter. Hopefully, we don't skip a season. 

pizza..yum

The Rock Inn was a blast. Unfortunately, we left our SD card in the computer so the whole night, I tried to take pictures but they weren't saved. Bummer but I do remember that I had so much fun! 

I have been working a lot at the sports grill so our saturdays and sundays have been pretty lame, filled with work and sleep. This past Sunday, Kev made the best pizza. It was a delightful margarita pizza, my fav. 

In other exciting news, I got a job!! As an RN! I can hardly believe it. I say it's at the hospital but really its not. It is for the nursing home which is the second floor of the hospital. It is full time and everything. And it is only 5 minutes from our house. wahoooo.. I am a little nervous working with old people all the time and having such a large patient load but it's good experience and I love old people for the most part. At least it's a job! 

Did I mention I go on at least one hike each week. Well, my hiking buddies are either Kristin pictured below or the hubs. This week we went through glacier gorge and to alberta falls and such. It was lovely and quite a bit more chilly than last weeks hike. 

went on another hike with my friend kristen on monday

alberta falls off glacier gorge

lake haiyaha

kristin and i found the coolest tree. 

Kristin

tumor tree

 After my hike on Monday, I met Kev at the Y and we went bouldering with our friend Brian. I am too weak to do almost everything which is totally embarrassing but I am working hard at getting stronger arms and abs.

bad ass Brian.

hanging on by a thread. he is so close. 

kev directing

This coming weekend is another busy one with work. Nebraska fans tend to fill up our restaurant which I am not complaining about. All us servers decided to purchase Nebraska hats and my tips increased by a ton. Next Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving. Who cares, right? Well, the Outdoor Education crew were joking one day about celebrating it. Well, Kev and I decided to celebrate it for real. We even made invites and everything. Most people will be gone during the real Thanksgiving and we are expecting my parents our during that time anyways so we figured this would be a perfect time to celebrate with friends. Only Canadian beer and alcohol is allowed but we are eating similar food as American Thanksgiving. It should be super fun.

We are expecting snow this weekend.. already. I couldn't be more excited!! Come visit. 

(Sorry for the poor capitalization, spilt wine ruined the shift key on kev's computer)