Horsetooth Mountain

 So, the other night...Tuesday I think it was, Julie and I got this adventurous air about us and decided to hike Horsetooth Mountain. It was dark, we had headlamps. Sub-zero temperature. We did the whole thing in 2 hours and 15 minutes. It was quite the hike that's for sure. Our bodies are aching a little. Totally worth freezing our asses off. Literally. We're estimating that once we reached the top it was at least -10, on the ground it was -2 degrees. What an adventure! I'm excited to hike it in the daylight though too. We didn't talk much on the way up, walked single file. I was totally in my element. Once I got in the zone I was all in. Awesome feeling and I really can't remember what I was thinking. Probably a whole lot of nothing for the first time in...I can't remember how long. I was maybe thinking about, just simply...the next step I was going to take. When we got to the top and turned off our headlamps, it was SO cool to see the moon lighting everything. We could see for miles and miles. The cliff was so steep and behind us, the city of Fort Collins lit up. We got to the point in the "trail" where there were no more footprints, so we made our own way to the top. Kinda cool to put our own prints in the snow, more like holes because there the snow was so deep. We took some pictures and when we couldn't feel our hands anymore (which didn't take long!) we booked it back down the mountain. I was exhausted but it was totally worth it. I haven't felt this...good? since...hmm...not really sure.

My brain just seemed to go on auto-pilot and I just simply...was. It was awesome and I can't wait for tonight. We're taking Sara to the airport and Julie are staying in Denver with some friends. Then Friday morning we'll get up and head into the mountains in Vail and hike and snowshoe until we come back on Saturday. I'll be out on the town tonight, havin' a good ol' time! Gotta cut loose. WAH!