Sunday, October 6
As promised, I have intentionally set aside some time during the week for blogging. I feel as though writing things out helps me better retain the things I learn. So, Mom and Dad, these blogs are not only for your benefit, but they are for me as well. Beginning the blog, I intended to write out the discussions that go on in the classroom and formulate logical defenses for each claim given. As you well know, answers have come few and far between. My mind continues to hash out all the issues brought about from the start of the semester. While I currently have vague answers in my mind regarding most of the topics, I would still like to reconcile them to completion before I give my definite opinion.
Until then, I can give the basic headlines of what has been going on recently:
This past weekend, the group(with the exception of Trevor and Anna, who were attending weddings and funerals back home) traveled to Ouray, CO. Ouray is a small mountain town North of Pagosa, and is known as “America’s Switzerland”. After three hours traveling there, we rummaged around town looking for a place to eat our previously prepared lunch: turkey sandwiches(yes, dad, we packed a sandwich lunch!) I settled down in the lobby of an antique store and enjoyed browsing around while I devoured my savory meal. The townspeople didn’t seem to mind that we were invading their stores and causing slight chaos and uproar. However, we made up for it by purchasing enormous amounts of coffee and souvenirs at their shops around town.
The small town is stunningly beautiful. Most of the buildings are restored victorian style houses that were later converted into stores. Just outside of the city, we found a waterfall. Most of the afternoon was spent exploring the mountains surrounding the waterfall. Lots of pictures were taken during that time, which I will post sometime soon.
We left Ouray late afternoon and headed to Wal-Mart to do some much needed shopping. While going through several mountain passes on our way back, it began to snow. It was incredible to see the mountains slowly become veiled in a blanket of white. Our excitement about the first snowstorm led us to stock up on winter apparel at Wal-Mart: no one left without some form of wintry protection.
The relaxation that Saturday brought continued on into Sunday. After attending Grace Evangelical Church, and visiting with some of the Pagosa community there, we headed to the park to eat lunch(sandwiches, yet again!), followed by a tranquil afternoon at Higher Grounds Coffee. Sunday afternoons are generally the only time during the week that I have access to internet. I have learned to plan my time there wisely by making lists throughout the week of things I need to get done. Summing up the events of Sunday, we arrived back at Snow Wolf Lodge and spent the evening celebrating Naomi’s birthday(Happy Birthday, Naomi!!) and discussed the schedule for the coming week in our “Family meeting”. Next week is going to be filled with activities, including extra class time in the evenings and a shindig that the girls are throwing on Tuesday night in honor of the guys here.
We are all pretty excited about next week!
