Returning to Colorado 🏔️✨

I lived in Colorado for two years but rarely went into the mountains during the summer. The first summer, I was in Peru for fieldwork 🌍, and the second was during the pandemic 😷. After returning to the US, I only visited in winter for skiing. ⛷️ Since our trip to Greece didn’t work out 😔, and the last time I saw G was in mid-July in San Diego, we decided to visit some places we’d always wanted to explore. Shoutout to AA 🙏 — flying from London to Aspen via Dallas was surprisingly smooth. If it weren’t for mileage tickets, I probably would’ve skipped the trip — too far and too expensive! 💸 We camped the whole time 🏕️, traveling from Aspen → Telluride → Ouray → Silverton. The scenery was straight out of a postcard 🏞️! We took it easy this time — hiked to Ice Lake and Bear Creek Falls 💧, and drove over Ophir Pass 🚗💨. Funny (or not-so-funny) moments: a bear visited us at midnight 🐻, and a squirrel stole our peaches 🐿️🍑! Going from posh (and expensive) London to wild (and also not cheap) Colorado felt like switching between two extremes 😂. My summer break ended with a mad dash to catch my return flight ✈️. Back in Boston now, work is crazy busy 🧠💥 — my brain is about to explode. Not much to report, except that the Van Gogh exhibit at the MFA was pretty cool 🖼️, and… my car got hit 😑 Anyway, Greece — see you next summer! 🇬🇷☀️ #Colorado #FallVibes #USATravel #VisitColorado #AutumnAdventures