The first time visiting Colorado was back my freshman year of high school. The reason for my visit was for a NJROTC competition. We competed among some of Colorado's finest JROTC programs at the University of Colorado Boulder. We managed to clean house and podiumed in all the categories we participated in (basic and exhibition drill being our main emphasis).
This was the first time I traveled to another state and it was quite a memorable experience. I remember most vividly, being on the airplane and noticed flashes of light on corner of my eye. I looked out the window and in complete darkness saw that we were flying over a lightning storm. It was pretty unbelievable and scary seeing this happen right underneath our plane.
One of Denver's murals, shot from the car with my phone.
I return to Colorado 16 years later in hopes to create even more exciting memories. The plan is to mountain bike at Buffalo Creek, attend the Great American Beer Festival, climb in Clear Creek Canyon, play disk golf, attend Earth Treks grand opening party(largest climbing gym in the country), AND take some amazing photos/videos. Cheers to my return to my return to Colorado!
-DEHNIS