Dan’s Delights 3/3-9
March 10, 2025Dan’s Delights 3/3-3/9
Howdy Friends :)
It’s been another hectic week in the life of Dan. All the change and movement over the past 2 weeks has meant I haven’t shared some other writings and postcards but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been any work on them, mostly just means now I have like 10 ideas that all need editing. I’m looking forward to sharing those with you all at some point, but it’s Monday now and I will not pass up on sharing the delights of the week.
Last Monday started with one of the final goodbyes from the ski weekend. A true delight to have so many lovely people around for some ridiculous adventures. I’m excited to see some of them again so soon as we hopefully have another week of chaotic rafting adventures in May. WOOOO!!!
That evening on the last night in SLC for a short time, Harrison and I went and picked up the Community Access Card that he won through the local library (It was a contest I entered him into randomly one day and low and behold he actually won!!!) That let us go to the planetarium for free and we ran around like kids in a candy store playing with all the different games and exhibits about a topic so fascinating to both of us: Space. Two facts that I adored, Orion has a second hunting dog Canis Minor that looks like a hotdog and also all visible planets hover around a portion of the sky known as “the ecliptic” which is also where the 12 zodiac constellations reside in the sky. I need to get back out to a dark sky location so I can fully appreciate this once again!
Tuesday was a lot of cleaning up and preparing to leave and had a very wholesome goodbye with Harrison. I know I’ll be back in two weeks but ahh leaving friends is never easy.
Luckily though I got to spend 8 hours in the car with Hans as we drove back to Colorado and it was great to share stories and converse about many topics from love to what people worship to what are some dream heinous adventures we can get up to! Much of the drive was at night which also led to a great chance to look out amidst the stars from the dark highways.
After arriving in Colorado The next few days were full of some of the greatest delights as I got to spend time with my dear friend Maci. Friends since way back in college time, it’s a joy to see her thriving as a party throwing, dancing, cat loving queen! Sharing memes til 2 in the morning and working on puzzles is such a joy. As is being my most chaotic self and just truly loved for it.
Speaking of which… After am evening of disc golfing with one of Maci’s friends, we went out to get some food and a beer. Arriving at the restaurant, I immediately spied a kids menu on a non-bussed table. I grabbed it and some of the crayons knowing that it would be fun to play some of the games and maybe even see what secret menu items are only offered to the kids. When the server walked up and saw what was happening he immediately played into the bit “So we need 2 beers and a sippy cup for the little one?” It was game on. The rest of the meal we were joking around asking ridiculous questions of each other that I can’t fully remember but that made all of us laugh almost to the point where our neighboring tables were wondering what was happening. When it came time to order I told him I was really eyeing the corn dog and chocolate milk but figured I would “need something that paired well with my IPA. So id go with them sliding chickens they got rolling across the table.” Much to my delight after he grabbed all the orders and went to place them in the machine, he returned and slid me a glass chocolate milk! I WAS SO EXCITED!!! In the end this man got an upgraded tip and so much love in our post visit survey. As we both discussed, people got to take this life a little less seriously.
The next day I got to see Ethan and Blue!!! While the drive back from boulder to the springs was way too long due to some accidents, the evening was delightful as we went out to meet some of Ethan’s friends for pool and a beer. I learned a new game for betting people to do funny actions and also just felt like I was back in my element taking pictures of the lovely people around me. New friends and strangers all made for a joyous evening.
Saturday was a great day for a half marathon around garden of the gods and a short hike after all that running. I saw so many beautiful life forms!
Sunday was simple warm and beautiful. Most of the day was spent outside reading and lounging about with friends. I really should have packed shorts for this trip but i also did not expect it to be 65 degrees.
Here are some other random photos and things that I just adore.
And lastly, this text from Hans posing a heinous adventure. I think it may be possible but time shall tell either way, I gotta get more vert training in if that’s what we’redoing in less than a month. Oh what a joy it would be to be back in the big ditch :)
All for now. Here’s a song I’ve loved that I hope carries you into your week. It Never Went Away
If there’s something you want to share with me I would love to hear about it! The more the merrier :)
Love you all,
Dan