First day in Colorado

My first full day at Colorado was supposed to be pretty laid out. Go somewhere to fill the fridge with actual edible things, grab some lunch wherever and get ready for my first working day on Monday. Little did I know that the plans were about to change a bit and that I’d end up hiking the Rockies for almost three hours with an empty stomach.

Posting this again just because

Without having eaten anything but one yoghurt the whole day since I got up at 4am, me and two other Finns took a small trip to Eldorado Springs and the Eldorado Canyon Trail. The path there was luckily clear of snow and there were only a few icy spots where you had to think twice about where to put your feet. The views were pretty spectacular but the cold wind from the west was brutal in some places.

Yes it was windy

One thing that I’ve already noticed here is that after the sun starts setting, it’ll get pitch black really fast. After hiking for more than an hour and a half, we decided to stop and turn back. There were no signs anywhere along the path which would’ve told us how far away some places were and the path just seemed to go on forever. When we got back to the car, we were all happy about the decision as spending another 15 minutes before turning back would’ve made the return trip much harder. The strange thing is that I still wasn’t feeling hungry but I guess my body is still so messed up from the time difference that it doesn’t even realize the lack of calories. This was quickly rectified with some yummy Thai cuisine though.