The flight to Denver was uneventful except being struck once again by the extensive wide open flat spaces there seems to be in the States. I noticed this first in my business trip yes I did work once!) to Orlando in March last year. I had been invited to stay with one of the cool sistahs I met at the "Awaken the Wild Woman Within" retreat I did in Dominical in Costa Rica, Lyndsey. She is one of those fun people, full of great energy, that is just fun to be around. I was even luckier in that she had moved into the mountains with a friend about a month before I came to stay. I had to wait for Lyndsey to finish work before she could come and pick me up from the airport which was fine, by the time I had something to eat and did some people watching it was time to find the pick up area. I was surprised that she was working as it was Good Friday as we know it, but apparently Easter is not a special holiday in the States. They just get the weekend as usual!
Lyndsey, as a great hostess would, gave me the option of hanging out in Denver or heading to Evergreen where she was now living. It just felt right to buy some wine and food and head to her house for the weekend. It was certainly cooler than Costa Rica during the day but the sun was shining as we drove up there late afternoon. The air had a beautiful crispness to it and I didnt feel uncomfortable in my thongs (flip flops). I was, however, the only one wearing them while shopping at the local supermarket. I was still using my limited Spanish to speak people which was quite difficult to stop. I guess I had been trying hard to use it for the last 4 months. Strangely (terminology wise) the man at the bottle shop asked me if Lyndsey belonged to me. We just looked at one another and said something glib. I think he was referring to a mother daughter thing as I am quite a bit older than Lyndsey.
So fully stocked we headed to the house that Lyndsey and her daughter Camilla share with Mira and her two kids Zia and Cooper. As we drive up to the house Lyndsey points out where the elk usually are in the fields that fill the spaces between houses up here. It is beautiful, thats for sure. The house was a two story timber place with a back deck, barbeque AND a hot tub outside on the back balcony! I went outside for a while on the back balcony with my cuppa, sat in the sun, felt the chilled, crisp air and watched the elk that had appeared in the fields below the house.
The kids were at respective fathers on Friday night. The warmth in the house was both physical and emotional. Lisa was there also, another friend of the girls, and Chris also another friend of Mira's. All are welcome and made to feel very comfortable here. After a great meal, some wine and great company we call it a night. I am sleeping in Zia's room which is downstairs looking out across the fields from under the balcony. I woke up about 6am and looked outside to see it had been snowing overnight and the fields were covered in white. I grabbed the camera and raced upstairs to the balcony to take my traditional foot shot of the places I have stood. Mostly these have been on sand or somewhere warm, so this was definitely a novelty, er um and cold
It snowed all weekend. It was so beautiful I couldnt believe it. I have been to the snow a couple of times before, even tried skiing. For some reason it was like my first time. I was like a little kid, much to Lyndsey's amusement. I spent ages in the hot tub catching snowflakes in my mouth as it snowed! Hot tub rules are nudie booty.....who am I to argue, Im a guest after all. The weekend was spent relaxing, watching it snow, watching movies, watching it snow, hunting for easter eggs....spending happy time together. It was great.
On Monday I decided to leave early with Lyndsey to spend more time (about an hour) with her on the drive to her school where she is an Art Teacher. From there I caught a cab to the airport. I had quite a while till my flight but managed to fill it in with eating and checking out the shops and walking around as I will be sitting for quite a while on my way home...! I am so grateful to have spent this time with Lyndsey in this beautiful place. I had always thought it was not worth going to the snow as I cant really ski that well, but now I think I would be content to rent a cabin in the snow for the weekend just to watch it snow.....wow!
This is the last post in this blog. I have started two others, one covering the time I spent back in Australia (Australian Interlude) and one for my time in Bali (Balinese Beach Break). Of course neither are up to date but I am trying to rectify this...!
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