Day 7 – Colorado is as Beautiful as Doc is Crazy

We have completed two of our toughest days of the trip since I last wrote in this blog! Our love for the state of Colorado has only increased, especially climbing up the Cuchara Pass today. The group has agreed by unanimous decision that the Cuchara Pass will be the most beautiful part of the entire trip. Colorado is wonderful. Micah, you gotta show us around your state sometime soon.

We spend most of our time talking and singing and asking silly questions in the van. My favorite question of the day came yesterday – if you had a steamroller and could steamroll one object, what would you pick and why? (feel free to use this on the next Orientation application). I decided I would get a tube of toothpaste and squeeze from the bottom up to get every last bit of toothpaste out. Patty said he would steamroll a field of bananas. Everyone else just sort of ignored the question. What would you steamroll?

To everyone who has been calling/sending us text messages/leaving comments on our blog – please keep it up, we love it! Sorry if we don’t get the chance to respond to everyone individually, we have no concept of time on this trip. We are either awake and riding, awake and eating or asleep. I thought it was Thursday for most of today. Hearing from everyone at school gets us so excited to come back. We miss it and are jealous. Sometimes I wish we could just fast forward through the trip and get back to Bucknell. But then I think about how fortunate we are to be a part of this ten man group exploring the entire country.

I don’t think that I can really appreciate what is happening right now. Every time we pass something noteworthy, I say to myself “I can’t wait to come back here and do this again”. I think Patty, Jay and myself are taking for granted just how special this opportunity is. We assume will come back and do this again. But it took most the riders on this trip 60+ years to have one crack at this. I think we need some time after the ride to step back and realize how lucky we are.

I think the same can be said about our Bucknell experience. You don’t realize how special it is until you don’t have it anymore.

Our hotel tonight has a gorgeous view of the mountains we just crossed. I think we are going to grab a drink, sit outside and look at the mountains and hang out. I can’t think of anything in the world right now that could be better than reflecting on a great day with good company.