Sometimes it seems that the trend in West Michigan is for people to move out West, especially to Colorado. This seems to be due to a lack of jobs in Michigan as well as the yearning for mountains, more days of sunshine, less humidity and more adventure sports that come with Colorado.
Because of this, Sean and I had a lot of people to stay with and see out West during our road trip. On my last day with Linde and Joe we got up early and went to yoga and then got breakfast at a local Mexican place. Now, I am not particularly coordinated or flexible but I was interested to learn more about this fun part of life for Joe and Linde. In Fort Collins, yoga is really popular and there are several studios and gyms devoted entirely to the practice. Sure, I've done my share of 'yoga for dummies' type classes at generic gyms like 24 Hour Fitness and the like, but I've never attended an actual yoga class aimed not only at decreasing stress/increasing flexibility but also exploring the spiritual and historical aspects. Needless to say, I was way out of my league. Fortunately, the teacher, who was fabulous, was good at challenging her more advanced students while simultaneously helping the beginners to limp along without too much pain or embarrassment. Right away we did some "om-ing" and chanting in Sanskrit. I was impressed, a little intimidated and extremely exhausted - I won't even tell you how I felt the next day but I am sure you can imagine.
After yoga and breakfast, Sean picked me up and we met some friends from Holland who had moved out to Colorado recently. We walked around the music festival for awhile and then got lunch and margaritas downtown.
Sean and I had also made plans to meet up with some of my birth family - my aunt Rita and cousin April and her two kids. We met them for dinner on our drive from Fort Collins to Denver. It was really special to be able to see them in person before we head back to China - they were also eager to hear engagement/wedding details.
In Denver we explored the heart of the city with Rob and his girlfriend and enjoyed Sangria at a bar downtown. Denver was a really neat city and my favorite part while walking around was seeing and listening to the pianos that the city made available every so often - outside, right on the street! Then we headed to Phil and Roxy's house to stay for the night. The next day we drove seemingly forever and ended up camping at a KOA in Kansas City, MO. Camping was fine, but it really made us appreciate the fact that for our entire trip we had fun places to stay with friends and family instead of lame hotels or generic campgrounds.
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