Man I love Colorado! Every time I go I just want to stay and never come back. I went out last week for Engage ’08. Engage is the conference for all the Alliance Youth Point-People. It basically means that I got to spend time with about 40 other Alliance youth pastors from every corner of the country. One of the nights was sweet because we got a free Trace Bundy concert! He was fun to meet and talk with and he was definitely an amazing guitarist! Much of our week was spent in the hotel conference center but we did get some “mountain” time!
A bunch of us went on a short hike up to the top of Mt. Herman which overlooked CO Springs. It was nice but the best part of the trip was the extra day Rick and I spent driving to the Dunes and to the Royal Gorge after the conference was over…
We drove south through Pueblo, west to the dunes, north to Salida and then east to Canon City and eventually Colorado Springs again. The dunes were amazing! I really can’t even describe the feeling because I’ve never been able to run around in mountains of sand before! It was almost surreal, like I was on a different planet! Still haven’t been able to make it out to see the Maroon Bells but that trip is coming! Click on any of the pictures to check out the whole album!
Pretty cool. I never got down that way but there are a couple of 14ers around the park. The dunes look pretty cool too. It surprising how tiring it is to walk up them…