10 Reasons Colorado is Better than Louisiana

Sorry bayous, mountains are better.

1. Maxwell Falls, Arapaho National Forest

Parks and Recreation Nation: State Forest State Park

For our second Colorado camping trip, we picked the somewhat redundantly-named State Forest State Park. More accurately, Girlfriend picked the park, probably because it was A) far far away from civilization, B) in the mountains, and C) included a body of water to appease me and my preferences. Exciting news: we are moving to a tiny town in the Rocky Mountains! Just kidding, but Girlfriend totally wants to, and after seeing this place a tiny piece of me wants to as well.

My girlfriend's idea of paradise, and my idea of maybe dying alone in a forest.

A much bigger piece of me is terrified of being so far from civilization that you can go for 40 miles without seeing a gas station (we only came a leeeeetle bit close to being stuck in the wilderness with an empty tank. But more on that later). Coming up: cooking adventures and MOOSE!

Parks and Recreation Nation: Lake Pueblo State Park

Girlfriend's brother came to visit and we all went CAMPING!!! in Lake Pueblo State Park. This is actually the first time I've been camping since my Freshman Trip with Dartmouth (in 2005), so I was pretty excited. Lake Pueblo did not disappoint.

Yay, I remembered how to put up a tent! And then take it down again, because it started to rain. And then put it back up again. Yay camping!