Colorado- Environment

 

March 27

WE ARE ALIVE.  So this trip is NOT real.  Seriously.  And Bobby is beautiful. Stay tuned…(from Bobby) We have given ourselves nick names.  They are as follows:

The Van: Rebecca Black…Duh

Bobby: Finn (it's a nature name)

Rose: Candy Clover

Trevor: Cobra

Erin: Mama Verde

Caitlin: Newton or Tart, your choice

Jake: Friiiiiiday

Ian: Diva Scooper

Christine: China Woman

Kaylan: Mulan

Jillian: Steve.

Erin got hit on by the baby powder smelling Mexican waiter.  He made her a rose, and kissed her.  It's a legit romance.  Christine fell out of the van, she chooses to use the trunk instead of the real door.  We all have our Diva moments, so we decided to invest in a tiara for the "Diva of the Moment".  Bobby wore it first.  But let's start at the beginning.

Some of us decided to wake up early and walk around the grounds.  It's amazing how different it is out here.  Around 10 we headed to Mesa Verde, which are ancient Native American dwellings in the side of a mountain.  The drive was a little scary, mostly for Rose.  Yesterday Rose drove into a ditch, so she's had a rough go at it.  We tried to go to the Four Corners, but Diva's of the Moment Friiiiday and Mama Verde shopped to long at a gift shop.  We have only been here for one full day and it's already chaotic.  I don't know how much more we can handle….If you want to hear more about our trip, follow Rose on Twitter @RoseKatherine.  She tweets approximately once every 5 seconds.

 

March 28

Today was our first day of work.  And boy did we work hard!  We drove down to Disappointment Valley with some members of the San Juan Mountain Association.  We split into four groups, and went our separate ways.  Each group had a GPS, and we plotted the Tamarisk plants.  Tamarisk are foreign plants that were brought over from Asia.  These plants grow along the riverbanks and suck up gallons of water.  The GPS locations will be used for future volunteers to cut down the plants.  This year we were really lucky, and saw tons of the wild horses form the herd down in the valley.  They were surprisingly tame and let one group get within 20 yards.  After hiking for miles, we went to a BBQ hosted by a local family.  Various members of the community were there, and taught us a little more about the land.  We also learned a lot about Monopoly.  We can give you the details if you really want.  These are the things we learned today: We learned that Jillian aka Steve is really good at Junior Monopoly.  She's in tournaments. Trevor has the energy of a 5 year old.  He literally never stops moving.  Jake apparently attracts the sun (he's a little red), to get cell phone service you have to stand in the middle of the road, and one wrong move will end the call.  We found out the first monopoly is made in 1934.  I think that about covers it.  While it was a great day, we are all completely exhausted.  Tomorrow night we sleep in the tipi…I'm sure we'll have great stories about that.