A paradise on earth, it is incredible.
Mid summer up on the paeks is still little chilly out.
No I did not feel the urge to swim!
Lesleigh on top of the world at the top of Mount Evans, the highest she has ever been. I think the altitude really got to her, check out these pics!
We are at the official sign post at over 14000 feet
We are back in Denver and the city has changed once more. When we left the weather was cool with the occasional snow, sleet and then bright sunshine. The trees were still bare and the steams were flowing through the mountains as the snow caps began to melt.
We rented an apartment in a suburb called Littleton which is about 25min South of down town Denver. It feels great to be in spot of your own right now without having to live out of the suitcase or hunting for the next hotel special. We bought a heap of furniture and it feels very comfortable. The apartments here come with a dishwasher, fridge, freezer, microwave, stove and a washer and dryer. Lesleigh and I have been out to interviews most of this week and the search will continue until we find jobs. So far I have been offered an insurance sales job and Lesleigh a financial markets sales post. Lesleigh also has an offer from SAP which she intends to take at this stage. I will see more recruiters this coming week and lets hope its not too long to land a post as the cost of living in rands is very expensive.
Denver is bright green with all the trees in full bloom and little puffs of seeds flying around the place. They call them cotton woods. The days are very warm and the heat seems to cool off around three in the morning only. The sun sets around nine at night and that makes everything feel out of sync. We seem to eat later and the shops only close after eight so it feels as though it is only afternoon most days until we look at the watches and realize that we are well into the evening.
We have had dinner at Ruby Tuesday down the road and can walk there and back without having to worry about our safety. It always feels good to walk after a good meal and we have plenty of space around us to do just that. We have a park across the road which has three baseball pitches, a skate board park, a dam and a library. Just up the road we have what are known as mall strips and there are movie theatres and a host of shops and restaurants. Directly adjacent to our apartment block is the raccoon creek golf course. It looks in good condition but looking at the card appears a little short on the distance. Yesterday Lesleigh and I went over to the driving range and hit balls for an hour or so. At this altitude you can hit the ball a long way so when I took out the BIG DOG the range was just too short and I landed up hitting balls onto the course fairway behind the range. I can’t wait to play a game.
The neighborhoods around here hold what they call garage sales at this time of year. Lesleigh and I have had great fun going from one sale to the next and selecting goods for the house. Just yesterday we got a pair of great ski boots, ski poles and a number of Pyrex dishes, a Coleman cooler box and a Lexmark scanner, fax and telephone all for just thirty dollars.
Today we are off to see Mount Evans and will pack a picnic basket to go.
Here we are at 14000 feet, the air is thin and chilly
On the way up we had some awesome sightings.
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