More of Us: Colorado

As you all know I also just got back from a weekend trip to Colorado with my roommates and other friends. I figured if I'm going to blog about one trip I might as well blog about another while I'm at it.
We had ten people go: Dane, McKay, Rick, Andie, Charlotte, Veronica, Tyler, Trevor, Roo (Andie's sister), and Me.
The trip started off excellently for me. Rick's girlfriend Andie is sort of a stress-case and always tries to be our mom. Welp, we were going to her grandparents' cabin so she was allowed to be in charge. She gave us extensive directions but then told us that there is no way we would find the cabin without her help. So I started driving and about 4 hours into the drive I saw a "Welcome to Colorado" sign. This was of minor discomfort because we had told Andie that we would meet her and the other car in Moab, Utah. In our car was Charlotte, Veronica, and Trevor.
So I had the wonderful experience of calling Andie and saying "Hypothetically speaking, if I ignored all of the directions you had given me and was in Colorado right now, what would I do?" I'm pretty sure she had a minor heart attack but then gave me her Mom's phone number and I called her. I was given concise directions and arrived to the ranch about 20 minutes after the other two cars. I was pretty ecstatic because I was able to arrive in a timely manner without giving up my pride and hatred of being bossed around. Mature, I know:).
Then the weekend was just overall amazing. We went four-wheeling and canoeing and swimming in the pond in their backyard the first day. This ranch is huge and beautiful. Way out in the middle of nowhere which makes it really relaxing. We roasted marshmallows a couple of the nights and did tin foil dinners one night too.
Also, on the first night we played "Body Body." It's like the game Mafia but you turn off all the lights and people wander around in the dark and the killer "slices" someone's throat with his hand to kill them. That person then lays on the ground until someone finds his body and shouts "body body." Then someone turns on the lights and everyone tries to guess who the killer is. Super fun, and it was awesome in this cabin in the middle of the woods.
Then for the Fourth of July we went into Ouray (pronounced Your-A) and their parade. For some reason this city is absolutely obsessed with water on the Fourth. Although they do throw some candy to the crowd, half of the parade is trucks with hoses or squirt guns and they soak the crowd. Took me by surprise. This one truck drove by and the men shouted "who wants to get soaked?" and Tyler stood behind me and pointed at me. We both got absolutely drenched.
After that we went to a park where they were having kids do three-legged, wheelbarrow, sprinting, and other races. Dane, McKay, Tyler, Charlotte and I all stopped there for about an hour and we all made a pick of which kid we thought would win. It felt just like what I imagine a horse race to be, just no money involved. We were all screaming for our kids, so much fun. It's those simple things in life that I just absolutely love.
After lunch we went to Ouray's best tradition on the Fourth: fireman hose fights. They have two people on each side with a firehose, spraying each other until one team drops the hose. We watched from a dry point but there are people that stand right behind each team and just get destroyed. I found a link on youtube, check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJoSmRU8fJw.
That was awesome! However, the firework show in Ouray was the worst I have ever seen. Bummer, but the day was still great. I always miss you guys on the Fourth.
The next day we did some horseback riding and more four-wheeling. Sunday we had a great sacrament meeting with just us at the cabin then we drove back and Char and I had dinner with Max and Corey. It was a really great trip.

Welp, here are some pictures!