Random musings of Jeromey Balderrama
Hello from sunny Orlando, FL! Since I arrived on Wednesday, I unfortunately haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and blog about my travels. I hope to offer some reflections in the next few days, but in the meantime I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
Check out my Flickr for all trip pictures!
Ugh, as I was approaching 1:30am I decided to get up and blog, because it doesn’t seem like I’m going to be sleeping any time soon. I’ve been laying in bed for upwards of 45 minutes, and I just can’t sleep. Perhaps it’s nerves Perhaps it’s excitement mixed with adrenaline. Perhaps it’s the two cokes I had at 10pm, but I simply cannot sleep. It doesn’t help knowing that I’m going to be up in an hour, getting ready to go to the airport.
I keep thinking about everything that I’ve packed – if I had missed anything. Looking at my packing list, it’s funny to see just what a nerd I am. I have packed so much technology, it’s pretty much filling a suit-case. For an 8-day trip, I am packing the following technology:
This insane. Granted, I don’t need most of this tech stuff, especially when you’re going to Disneyland. However, each thing has it’s purpose, and I know that some point in the trip I’ll be grateful for bringing each thing.
Oh that reminds me, I need to pack two of my web books as well as my photoshop book. Almost forgot…
Oh, and to make matters worse, I’m carrying on a case of beer – gotta love that. I’m anxious to share the latest New Belgium summer brew – "Skinny Dip" with the rest of my family..
As the 12th comes to an end, here’s another 12 on the 12th!. You can also find them (which includes the full-sized pictures) on my Flickr! site. Check them out below (also, be sure to check out my girlfriend’s Bethany’s 12 on 12th)
8:45am – Leaving my apartment for work. My car is one of the only one’s in the lot this summer – part of working full-time in a college town!
Heading into the office. This is the building I work in, one of 8 on our campus.
During lunch I took my new bike out for a ride. I biked 2 miles to Deli Zone and had an awesome Philly Cheesesteak!
Getting started on my bike ride home. This is the traffic light outside of the Cinemark Theater in Fort Collins.
I put in an afternoon of work at the office. As you can see I am in my normal Monday trance…
Leaving for Orlando early Wednesday morning, I stopped off at Target to get some last-minute items.
While at Target I got a call from my girlfriend Bethany – who just bought a bicycle! I met her at the bike shop and we loaded it into my car. Bethany’s eyes are closed, but we both are now proud owners of new bikes!
After the bike shop Bethany, (the other) Jeremy and I went to Johnny Carino’s for some dinner. We all had the "bowtie festival"
Bethany and I went on a bike ride along the Spring Creek Trail. Right before we turned around we got some pictures with our bikes.
We stopped by a pretty part of the creek to take a picture on our bikes.
We road home while the sun was setting. With a view like this I love living in Colorado!
I ended my day in my home office with an NCSC Conference Call. We usually have calls late at night so we can use our evening cell phone minutes.
That should do it for June! If you are interested in seeing more 12 on 12th check out the Daily Breakfast Forum.
Greetings from Glenwood Springs! Bethany and I journeyed here this weekend to celebrate our one year dating anniversary! It’s amazing how fast time has flown, and we are very happy to be up here at such a beautiful place to celebrate this awesome occasion!
We headed up on Friday after work and made the 217 mile trip to Glenwood Springs. As Bethany just got done taking vacation time, and I am taking vacation time this week for Orlando, we decided to wait until after we got off work. Unfortunately we didn’t get out of Fort Collins until 6pm. However we made good time, and ended up pulling into Glenwood Springs before 10pm (and that included a 20-30 minute meal stop).
Saturday was amazingly fun. We journeyed up to the Glenwood Springs Caverns and rode a tram way up the mountain towards a big cave. Once there, we took a tour into the cave and saw some of the most amazing sights! There were areas on that cave that were huge, and we saw some of the most beautiful rock formations! Two hi-lights of the tour included the "Exclamation Point", which was a scenic overview of the Glenwood area, then another called "King’s Row" which was an amazing view of rock formations within the cave. I ended up taking upwards of 70 pictures, and will post them in the coming days.
After our morning spent in the cave, we enjoyed some lunch over at Glenwood Springs Brewing Company, which was located at the beginning of the Glenwood Canyon bike trail. We hopped on our bikes and made our way down the trail. Because of some difficulties on Bethany’s bike, we had to cut the ride a little short (only doing 6 miles round-trip), but we still managed to spend some quality time by the river. During the bike ride is where we got this picture, one of my new favorites of us:
After the bike ride we went back to the hotel for a nap, then enjoyed some dinner at the Riviera Restaurant, then enjoyed some wine and ice cream at the hotel.
We are now in the process of packing up to head home, but we are very happy to have celebrated an awesome milestone in an awesome place!
Check out more "Glenwood" trip pictures at Flickr.
With the 12th of June approaching, here comes an opportunity to participate in this month’s 12 on the 12th! On the 12th of each month, participants are invited to bring their digital camera with them throughout the day and take 12 pictures. At the end of the day post the pictures to your blog or a Flickr! account to share with others. The hope is that you’ll give others a glimpse of your typical day through the pictures you take. This will be my third consecutive month participating in this, and I am excited to do so! When I first started, it was a bit awkward taking your camera with you and taking random pictures. At the end of the day, I was grateful I did so, and the best part was seeing everyone else’s pictures!
I would like the invite everyone to take part in this and share your pictures. Getting a Flickr! account is free, and probably the easiest way to share your pictures. When you’ve posted your pictures, here are a few places you could share the link:
Don’t forget – Monday is the 12th! I look forward to seeing everyone’s pictures!