So I know I promised to do a new entry real soon... which was over three weeks ago, but I guess I got a little busy. And I never really liked blogging anyways as I stated at the start of all of this, but I will entertain you all with one more - and maybe some more later on but no promises this time - before I leave.
The last few weeks have been quite eventful. In short, I went hiking in the Colorado National Monument, Arches National Park, and Canyonlands. I also went on a few more hikes including the Maroon Bells and hiked to the summit of my first 14,000 ft mountain (fourteener for those who know the lingo). Additionally, I just finished up my sub-consulting job for the City of Aspen. And now I am spending my last weekend in Aspen (might go white water rafting on the Colorado River tomorrow) and then leave for Denver on Monday. The following day I fly out and head to Asia (!). While I am excited to leave Colorado and eventually be back on the east coast to see all of my friends from home and school, I definitely will miss some of the great people I met out here that have made me feel at home. I surely won't forget this summer and it has been really fun being out.
But much fun is to be had over the next 2 weeks. As I said before, I leave for Asia on Tuesday and I'll be getting into Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday and finally seeing my girlfriend who I have really missed :) After a couple days there, we head to Cambodia to tour around Angkor Wat and Siem Reap for a weekend. Lastly we fly to Phuket to finish off our vacation along the beaches. It's gonna be awesome :D
Then it is back to Denver to retrieve my car and begin the road trip back to east coast with stops in Topeka, Kansas City, St Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Hershey until finishing back in Philly/NJ. By the end of the road I will have racked up somewhere around 25,000 miles of travel (air and land) for the summer. Putting my frequent flier miles to work no doubt.
Phew, so that was the most shortened version I could do about all my goings on. Alrighty, I'll update this if possible on the trip but like I said, no promises. Later!
Jacob
