A month in the life: recovery day

Keystone, Colorado //

I wake up stiff and groggy and am surprised to find Mark asleep on the couch.  He must have moved in the middle of the night.  While I’ve been tolerating the extra soft bed, it turns out he couldn’t take it anymore.  This is the problem with Airbnbs and hotels: you have no clue what you’re getting when it comes to a bed.  It’s perhaps one of our favorite aspects of traveling in a truck camper: we always have our own bed (as well as many other creature comforts) with us.  

After ten hours on our feet yesterday working at 11,000’ above sea level, we have little motivation to do anything today.  Conveniently, there is a popular café located in the same building we are staying in.  We mosey over for breakfast and are delighted that we don’t have to cook or clean up after ourselves.  

Upon returning to our condo, I reconsider my initial goal for the day.  The entire reason I booked a third night here was so that I would have all day today to hammer away at photo editing at my computer. The workspace in our truck camper isn’t as comfortable as I’d like it to be for the many hours that editing a wedding requires.  Since we decided to try out Airbnbs for this month’s weddings, I figured I would take advantage and get some work done while having a larger space to work in.  However, I’m hardwired to believe that Sundays are for relaxing.  The idea of sitting at my computer and tackling the nearly 9,000 photos that were taken the last two days sounds daunting.  I typically like to enjoy one day off before diving into that task, and today I’m having a hard time breaking the mold.  

I ultimately decide to bail on my work goals for the day.  The most important task, downloading and backing everything up to multiple sources, has been done.  The rest of the work can wait.

Come evening, we pry ourselves from the couch and walk to a restaurant located in Keystone’s River Run Village.  The village is noticeably deserted with only a shop here and there that is open.  River Run is surrounded by countless buildings that house hundreds of condos, most of which are unoccupied.  And yet, more are being built.  I know it to be true, I’ve seen it firsthand, but I still find it hard to believe that skiing is as popular as it is.  It’s crazy to think that if it weren’t, this entire place, and many others throughout Colorado, wouldn’t exist.  

When I notice the golden hues of sunset lighting up the jagged peaks that surround Loveland Pass, I am shocked that I never took myself for a drive to the top of the pass today.  It’s one of my favorite drives and hikes in the area.  I guess that’s proof as to how hard it is for us to motivate the day after a wedding.  It looks like a Loveland Pass hike may be in order come morning.