Off to UW

Kellie is continuing her education at the University of Wyoming. In her own words:

"I am attending the University of Wyoming in Laramie Wyoming and  am studying Biology with an emphasis in Wildlife and Fisheries. I am very glad I attended CMC though. Going to a big university and already having so much of a learning basis from there has helped tremendously! I would have to say it was one of the best decisions I have made to attend CMC first." - Kellie

Best of luck to Kellie from all of us at CMC!

4th of July

After work on the 4th of July, I went to Steamboat to see a few friends at the Rodeo. One was in the rodeo which was neat. Steamboat was really busy on the 4th because there is so much to do. The rodeo was a pretty good rodeo to watch so it was fun. In the middle of the rodeo, we left for the baseball fields just across the way from the rodeo arena to watch the fireworks on Howelsen Hill. Howelsen hill is a ski jumping hill right by downtown. There is a huge tower there where they shoot the fireworks off of which is really neat. During the day, they even had skiers going off the jump on special plastic skis. After sleeping in the next day after a long night, I went to the Yampa River access by the golf course in Craig. The water is still pretty high and kind of chilly but it felt good on a hot day. I can’t wait to get a group together to go float!

Summer Days

Friday night I went to a bonfire at a friend’s house for her birthday. It was great to see friends back from college who have been working since they got back. Summer jobs really do take up a lot of time, more than I think people realize. It was really nice to be by the fire that night because it hit the national cold record of 26 degrees! Crazy Colorado Weather! The next day was the Whittle of the Woods Rendezvous. It is a carving competition in the city park where chainsaw carvers carve designs in old dried out trees. This year for example, there was a bronc rider, a vase of roses, and a little boy playing sheriff on a stick horse. It is really neat what they can do with a chainsaw. They have a lot of vendors there too that sell really good food. They also always have a concert that plays and this year it was Restless Heart. After the Whittle of the Woods, I helped brand and vaccinate cows which was a lot of fun. It is funny when the calves start kicking and bucking. After that, I went to a dinner at my boyfriend’s families’ house in Steamboat for his birthday. We had really good food from the Steamboat Smokehouse in town and ice cream from Coldstone! I love that Steamboat now has a Coldstone! Today was just a lazy day though. I went out and tanned for like 2 hours which might have been a bad idea because I burnt a little but oh well. I got a lot of stuff done though and ready for the work week ahead. Tomorrow I get to go float the Yampa River with the State Parks in the afternoon which I am really excited for. I think the river is still pretty cold but it will be nice if it is a warm day!

Camping and snow?!?!?!

This weekend I went camping near Vaughn Lake by Hayden Colorado which was really fun. There are still patches of snow up there and a lot of melt off but we did eventually find a dry spot. It was neat that there was a beaver pond there with a beaver. No one was up there either so it was really nice! On Saturday we went to brand cows. I have never actually done that before so it was interesting. I had only went to watch when I was little. I had the job of helping give vaccines to the calves which was neat. It was really entertaining to watch the guys try and throw down the bigger calves. One of the calves gave one of the guys a ride around the arena which was really funny. Then we went to dinner at the Ore House in Steamboat Springs. It is a steak house that has really good steaks. It is a really neat place to go too because it is an old barn that has been restored.

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend is over for me but it was a good weekend. Where I live, there is a carnival and other activities for Memorial Day weekend. I went to a Collin Raye concert Saturday night which was fun to hear my favorite songs live. I would have loved to get up and dance too but it was good just to hear him sing. Sunday, I went to Aspen with my parents and my brother’s girlfriend. We drove through Aspen and then headed to a ghost town called Ashcroft thirteen miles south of Aspen. There was still snow in spots which was shocking. The town was neat to see. It is hard to imagine people lived in the houses. They are so tiny compared to today. It was a pretty area to have a town though. The town was established during the silver boom by Aspen. After that we drove through Glenwood to see if the Caverns were still giving tours but we were too late. Oh well maybe next time. We did stop at Sonic though which was amazing!

New Job!

Friday I started at my new job at the Yampa River State Park. It should be a lot of fun. It is really neat to work outside by the river. Just Friday I saw, beavers, geese, snakes, and lots of other animals. We went from snow last week to eighty degrees today which is a quick adjustment but a nice change. Yesterday, I spent the day working with cows which was fun. I saw a baby calf that was born just an hour before. I also got to work with older calves that were pretty funny because they are full of spunk and energy. I sure did get quite the sunburn though! Today I will probably go out to the golf course and hit some balls. I haven’t done that for a long time so it should be interesting.

Denver

My first week home was spent cleaning and trying to get my life back at home organized. I think that was the same for everyone getting back from college. Over the weekend, I did go to Denver though with my brother, his girlfriend, and my parents. We got into Denver on Friday night and ate at this really neat restaurant called the Aquarium. The restaurant has a huge aquarium next to the tables so when you are eating; you can watch sharks and tropical fish swim by. It is really neat. After eating, we toured the Aquarium attraction. There were lots of sea creatures including sharks, sting rays you get to touch, and lots of different tropical fish. My favorite were the turtles though, they are so cute! I only wish the otters wouldn’t have been sleeping so I could have seen them. The next day we went shopping at the mall. After the mall, we went to Dave and Busters. It is a huge arcade with a lot of virtual games and normal arcade games too. It was really fun. I beat my brother at basketball and my dad at hunting. I would say all in all a good day! After Dave and Busters, we went to the amazing Cheesecake Factory on the 16th street mall! It was really good to get a piece of Cheesecake! It was neat to see downtown too because the high schools were having their proms. There were a lot of horse drawn carriages, limos and other fancy cars. On Sunday we left Denver and went back home. It was a fun weekend.