Crush...

It's time for me to crush some spirits... including my own!!  I am no longer coming back to Iowa for a week.  Ugh.  Long story short, I need to take care of some school stuff and I need to take care of my broke-ass car I didn't know was broke till yesterday.  There's really no bright side. 

But! I am extremely excited to get back to school and be done with my laze of a summer.  I'm just not productive when I don't have anything on my plate.  At this point.... I NEED SCHOOL.  And volunteering and a job and choir and more horseback riding and hiking and climbing and skiing and something, ANYTHING to get me out of the rut I've been in this summer.  With that said, here are some pictures of the much needed 15 mile hike my roommate and I took a couple weeks ago:

Mills Lake. 

Taking in the mountains.

The last few miles were extremely treacherous as we were forced to trudge through thick snow.  I fell through the slush multiple times.

Wow, that was fast. At the end of our journey.  Frozen lake.

 This is my roommate, Adam.  And my other roommate, THE BEARD.

 Being goofy.  But seriously, it was cold up there. 

 So happy but already feeling the wear on my legs.

 Adam at the top of the world.

 Snow Snow Snow Snow.

 These planks are fun.

 I have an irrational fear of mountain lions and even got in a tiff with Adam because he left me alone hiking for 30 minutes.  I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!!!  But instead I found this animal darting around the trail.

Me.

This hike was special because my brothers and I completed the hike years ago when none of us lived in Colorado yet.  The trip brought back a lot of memories but most of all, I was happy to have handled the strenuous hike much better this time.