rocky mountain high

well for one full week, practically, i am hitting the open road and flying the friendly skies....
it started last friday with a road warriors reunion tour to Lubbock, the greatest place on earth.
My dear friend Courtney and and i felt the wind in out hair and the blacktop under our tires once again after all too long of a hiatus. I mean there was that one trip to Dallas a few weeks back, but it wasn't in total true road warrior fashion.
Lubbock was fun. we met our cousins and their friend there. they were taking a little road trip of their own from LA,CA to Texas.
smart boys.

we swam and frequented the sonic and went to a drive in movie. also we did a photo shoot at an incredible abandoned building.

i spent yesterday catching up on work for this week because i leave today for Denver.
my job is pretty plush. i get to go on a three day, two night trip to Denver, CO for a meeting. and to cinch the deal, they threw in a river rafting trip as a 'team bonding' experience. i am so pumped.
let me tell you why.
the fellow support staff members aren't exactly who you see shopping at REI, if you catch my drift. They aren't the type you'd see in the outdoors... there's some exceptions. but the group as a whole is exactly who you'd think would be behind a computer all day and getting excited over new formulas to streamline their spreadsheet reporting process...
don't get me wrong, i mean i love a good formula. but these people really get after the corperate reporting.
and they do this at the expense of experiencing things like nature, or fresh air, or excercise.
so when it ws announced on a call that we'd be rafting together - you can imagine the confusion to follow. they were all asking about the boat tipping over and the water getting on them and so on. then someone sent out a web site that had recommended packing lists for rafting trips.
bear in mind, we will be taking a three hour (tops) raft ride down the river. the packing lists that were sent out were more for like multiple days worth and in the winter time.
so then the issue with wool socks came about.
every single conference call for the past several weeks has had some mention of wool socks. and where will the florida team ever find wool socks? and what about nylon water repellent pants that zip off to be shorts that you can turn the excess material into a cantine if needed? where will we find those?
anyhoo, what i'm saying is they are all panicing about wool socks and getting themselves so psyched out about this that it will be miserable for them. poor souls. meanwhile, though, it will be hilarious for me and the few others to watch them cinch up their life jackets to the tightest degree and look wild eyed at the gently flowing water as if it had threatened their life with words.

i'm going to try and take pictures, but i make no garuntees.

then the day after i get back from there i will be takign another weekend trip to dallas. hopefully i will get to shoot a wedding with some friends and gain some valuable knowlege and practice before i shoot a few on my own this summer.


so that's the happenings round here so far.
my family is awesome.
my job is the same.
my life is good.