Elk, Falling rocks, and Bears, oh my!

Do you ever wake up and not realize where you are? That happened to me several times during the night. Once I figured out that I was on a couch in a 1st floor apartment in Amarillo, with Kerry 5 feet away, all was well in the world again. =] Tatum had to be to work at 6 or 7, I forget which, so Kerry, Nita, and I slept until 8, and then got up and got ready for the day. We headed out to eat an early lunch at Tatum's Subway, and then we (minus Nita of course!) left on our 2nd leg of the journey to Colorado. Daytime driving is much easier for everyone I think, so this part of the trip seemed pretty normal. Once we finally made it into CO, we started noticing signs everywhere, you know, the once with pictures of what to watchout for. "Watch out for deer", "Watch out for elk" (which unless you're used to wilderness, you'd think was just a bigger deer), "Watch out for bicycles", "Watch out for falling rocks" (???), "Watch out for bears." Wait, did that just say bears? Really?! That's freaking awesome. Obviously the signs got weirder as we went on, and we (okay, only me) was looking in every direction just waiting for something to magically appear in our path like the signs promised. Even in the desolate areas, you're lucky to see some deer, usually the animals are smart enough to stay away from the road, or only come out at certain times in the day, but much to our surprise we look and see a dark figure moving across the road right in front of us. Could it be? Yes, a freakin' bear just ran out in front of our car. EPIC WIN!! We were going 65+ miles an hour, and he was booking it, so we didn't get any pictures sadly, but it was still pretty cool. After all that excitement, we finally made it to his parent's house in Alamosa, and were able to have the evening to hang out before we had to turn in for the night. We both needed to catch up on sleep, and with all the adventures in store, it was a necessity.

This was our bed for the duration of our stay there. Easy setup/takedown, and it got the job done. And the answer to your question is yes, I did end up in the crack between the bed and the couch, many times...

--Kristin