Back in the old high school days, there were four or five friends that I had where we just hung out all the time. We spent a good portion of our time getting outdoors and doing a lot of fun stuff. In fact, after each school year from about the 8th grade on, we would go somewhere to camp. It started out just being near my parent’s pond where we would setup a tent and fish for catfish all night. Our junior year in high school though we got out of town and headed to lake that was within a 100 miles from the house. However, on our senior trip, we decided to head out to Colorado for a great adventure of camping, fishing, and hiking. It was a blast.
Last year we decided that we should make a return visit. We have been out of school for a several years, most of us are married now, and it would be a good excuse to get out of the house. After spending a lot of time in vacation rental homes as I really do love traveling, I recommended it to the guys. They loved the idea! We are getting a little bit too old to be sleeping on the ground these days. Plus, I have spoiled myself!
We spent a week out about 100 miles southwest of Denver in a vacation rental home. Once we got there, we had a pleasant surprise waiting on us. The house had the outdoors feel to it, it had all the amenities anyone would ever want. We spent a lot of time just relaxing around and in the pool. We decided to head back to the old white water rafting place that we had went to several years beforehand which went underneath the Royal Gorge. It was beautiful and a lot of fun! It was just as I had remembered it and will be an experience I will never forget.