La Garita

My apologies for not blogging at all this summer. Needless to say, it was a crazy one. I spent my days at the ranch, where there was no cell service or internet access (ergo the lack of blogging), and would spend my nights either working in town or running with Creede EMS or Search and Rescue. So much for my plan to have fun this summer. Well, that may be a little harsh- I did have a lot of fun, just not where I expected it. I got to go on a few search and rescue calls that were always entertaining, to say the least. I swear...people from Texas should not ever be allowed to go hiking in Colorado. My time at the ranch was awesome, and I made a lot of new friends there. Wade, the head wrangler, was a lot of fun to work with. I was able to take my mom and sister on a horseback trip up to Wheeler Geological Area, right as the leaves were really starting to change color. It was an awesome trip, despite the extra long detour at the end of it:) I've decided to work at Wolf Creek again this summer (like I could stay away from that place if I tried), and am planning on moving to Pagosa with Kade for the winter at least. I'm not quite sure where I'm going to work next summer, hopefully I can land a nice job in Pagosa with their EMS service, but we'll have to see when we get there. Anyway, I finally got some pictures on my computer from this summer...it went by too fast.

I can't really remember the last time that I've been excited for summer. Summer for me has always meant work...and a lot of it. Last summer I worked for the Forest Service as a Wilderness Trail Technician. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it meant that I hiked more than any normal human being should and cleared out a lot of trees. Yeah, this job kept me busy and out of trouble (no easy task), but as far as enjoying the summertime and what it potentially had to offer...I failed miserably. This summer though, I hope to change that. I'm going to be working at the La Garita Club as the assistant wrangler. I am also hoping to volunteer for the Creede ambulance service- just to keep things interesting. I figured that since I spent so much time and money to get my EMT-Basic certification, I might as well put it to good use. Since I'm going to have some free time in the evenings, I have decided to try and learn how to fly fish and maybe give skateboarding another try. I have never really fished that often (just with my dad when I was younger), but fly fishing has always seemed like it would be fun-even if I never catch anything- that, and a really good friend of mine said he would help me out with it (brave man). I tried skateboarding a few times in high school- and had a lot of fun with it until a friend of mine broke my one and only skateboard. I didn't really have the money at the time to buy a new one, and eventually forgot about it. Seeing as how there is a fairly decent skate park in Creede, I figure why not give it another go?