the pottsboro projects

with march underway and feeling travel-giddy after going to boulder for the past few days, we can’t stop thinking about moving to texas. excited for a change of pace, a different view, and all the opportunities that come with the package

as we countdown our take off for texas, we have a lot of thoughts/questions/ideas about what to do with our post-graduation freedom. we want to share them here with you! and log them here so we’ll remember. we will refer to all of our plans as The Pottsboro Projects. we thesaurus-ed and really like what words project is synonymous with:

activity, adventure, affair, aim, assignment, business, concern, deal, design, enterprise, exploid, feat, game plan, intention, job, matter occupation, outline, plan, program, proposal, proposition, scheme, setup, strategy, task, venture.

basically, we want our lives to be a project. so, with that!

pottsboro project #1: we figure we will be learning how to cook really well, since the closest downtown of pottsboro (and all 1200 residents) is 15 mins away, and the closest grocery store (well, walmart) is a good 20. in boulder when we went to ras kassa’s ethiopian food, we decided we want to learn how to make ethiopean bread. if you’ve never had it, it’s basically a spongy sourdough. so good! so that is one of our first goals.

116 days until texas!

we felt this small today

a hike up the flatirons and a drive up flagstaff rd occupied our day and gave us some spectacular views.  ky met us for sushi and the banff mountain film festival in downtown boulder.

breakfast in the morning; then we disperse until next time.

purple sunrise

right before you get into the mountains from boulder, there’s a little park in boulder called settlers park that is a quick 20 min hike up to a nice view of boulder and out onto the plains. we all (sans ky, who had to work) got up at 530 and hiked up to watch the sunrise. we then drove straight into the heart of the mountains and up to nederland, a small town about 30 min in. we found a quaint cafe for breakfast and followed that with a drive through the hills.

after heading back into boulder for a quick cool down and some laundry at ky’s, the four of us headed into denver to explore for the afternoon and meet up with some of michael’s highschool friends. we went to the rei flagship store, and walked around the river and downtown areas. it was a really beautiful city, and we can’t wait to go back and explore more.

we got back to boulder and met ky at the spot, a local bouldering gym, and hung out for a couple hours there. this was probably one of the fullest days we’ve had in a long time, and it felt great! as did the sleep we got that night.

glad the 50º and sunny weather has held up for us, but bummed tomorrow is our last day here.

moustache march

last day on the mountain. the rest of our crew enjoyed the mountain and dtf walked around the town to get in some mountain-life photos. we spent the afternoon driving to boulder via loveland pass and ended up at our favorite ethiopian restaurant.

the great divide [south]

balcony shot of kelsey off our patio.

it snowed a few inches during the day today. because of the low humidity weather of the region, the snow is just extra fluffy. homecookin’ for dinner.

ski town shop

mountain towns are funny little pockets of people who exist there because of the mountain. there aren’t really any locals, just workers and visitors.

we all went skiing/snowboarding during the (absolutely beautiful) day and had some mexican and margaritas for dinner. overall a beautiful day and glad to be in good company and in a beautiful place.

heading west this time

this shot is from our early january trip heading south to tampa, fl for a cousin’s wedding. we’re packing up to go spend a few days in colorado, and couldn’t be more excited.

anne

hammers and nails,
hammers and nails,
build me a boat
to go chasing the whales.

chasing the whales,
sailing the blue,
find me a captain
and sign me a crew.

captain and crew,
captain and crew,
take me, oh take me
to anywhere new.

we found this pretty little poem by shel silverstein in anne’s about section on her facebook. it’s very cute, and so is she, so we wanted to include it in the post with her photos. with that, here’s anne!

we took some 4×5’s that we’re getting back from the lab tomorrow, so we’ll post some of those in the next few days!

if you want to see some more from the shoot, check out the dtf flickr!

thanks for looking

adventuring

with today being michael’s last day in LA for a little while, we thought it appropriate to post this photo. it was taken in the summer of 2007 when the three of us drove from oklahoma to LA. this sunset over the grand canyon is one of the defining moments of the three of our friendships.

it’s always been a reminder to us that sometimes the most unexpected things turn out to be the ones that affect you the most. this is one of those moments in life that you never forget.

lego camera!

taken @ the new england boat show on sunday. this camera actually worked. and don’t worry, he took a picture of us too.