Day Off: Steamboat Springs

Throughout the summer, we get three days off. After yesterday, a day off in Steamboat was perfectly timed. After a late night, we slept in until a late 8am. Many folks woke up at 5 to see hot air balloons go off, but I was happy to settle with resting. A group of us then went to breakfast and meandered around town. 

After breakfast, a bunch of folks headed to Fish Creek Falls for some hiking and such. I ended up spending more time climbing around the falls than hiking, followed by some hammocking and reading (surprisingly, I'm trying to make time to read a pretty stellar book). 

While I was laying on a rock near the falls, I realized how tiny my arms had gotten. Random realizations, but these led to random deep thoughts about strength and what that really is and what the purpose of it is. I haven't used my arms much at all on this trip, and suddenly, it seems like they've disappeared. End random rant. 

After the park: napped, shuttled to hot springs, ran errands and got work done, and then had dinner at one of our rider's family friend's home. 

It may sound like not much was done in this day off, but it was super refreshing to get to rest as much as I did. There's been a cold or plague or something running through our team for the last month and I thought I had beat it...but it turns out I'm not immune to that. 

Here's to days of Emergen-C, Zicam, and Zinc.