4/11-4/16
I had a few days in Estes Park to pack and to of course get in some skiing. It snow A LOT while we were there and the backcountry skiing up at Hidden Valley was great. Elisha went up one day to ski with me and then I skied by myself another day.
It was a challenging and sad time for me as I was leaving my beloved and snowy Colorado to head to the hot desert and metropolis of Phoenix. Colorado tried to make it hard for me to go. The elk and deer and marmots came right up to us while we were packing to say goodbye. And of course the skiing was amazing. It snowed almost the whole time we were there. I got up early on 4/16, the day we were leaving, and skied several laps up at Hidden Valley. I was all alone up there and the snow was just so great and the beauty with the way the light was playing off the snow and clouds was just surreal. It was a very touching moment for me, and made it extra hard to leave
4/16
We left Estes and drove towards Arizona, passing Vail and Glenwood on the way. We spent the night at Kayenta
4/17
We did a quick drive by of Monument Valley, stopped for ice cream at Cameron (a place mom used to always stop and get us ice cream when bro and I were kids on the way to Tucson). Then we arrived into Phoenix. We still had to decide between 2 apartments, so we did that. Since we weren't quite ready to move in yet, we stayed the night in a hotel in Scottsdale
4/18
Spent the day getting ready for work as I was going to be spending the next 4 days camping out in the hot desert near Yuma
4/19
My first day of work with Arizona Game and Fish as a Senior Research Biologist (Wildlife Specialist II)
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