Lake City Again??

A year ago about this time - I was complaining how often I had to go to Lake City and that I couldn't take a vacation some place else. Of course I want to go somewhere exotic like Costa Rica or Thailand, but I always end up "settling" and just go to Lake City. However - this year, it was my idea to go to the LC for the 4th of July. And I'm glad I did - I had the best time I have had in a long time up there. I have a sense of community now and I'm not always relying on Garrett being by my side, I can hang out with the fun girls up there and not have a worry about where Garrett's at, and I like it - its comfortable, and we all like to be comfortable, right? The 4th of July was so great - Garrett and I were calling it the best day ever :) lol




We started out with mimosas and the small town parade with our friends. The park had festivities - relay and foot races, turkey legs with corn on the cob, a beer garden, and everyone that was in town for the weekend. I didn't hang out much at the park, but finally was able to have lunch at Sweet Peas - that sandwich was SO good! After lunch, Garrett and I went up to Tick Rock to meet our climbing friends and do a few routes. The day just kept getting better. We warmed up on a two pitch line that we never got to finish the second pitch because a storm rolled in. It was a beautiful day, with no storm cloud in sight. It was cool. We walked around the corner to another climb that Garrett projected a few years back. He got the climb clean! And then I proceeded with the onsight - ultra cool. Getting better minute by minute. We did a couple more climbs and when we were finished - Garrett was scoping and saw a bear on the other side of the canyon! We had to look through binoculars, but seeing a bear is one more super cool thing to happen that day. :) When the climbing was done, we went back to town and had dinner at our friend's place, including the best apple pie from the Lake City Bakery. So tasty! And if you don't think things could get any better, they did! The fireworks display was the perfect ending to the perfect day. I should have been wearing my "I heart LC" button!