The Campus in the Air

Last weekend Bryan and I visited Taylor at Fort Lewis College in Durango. It happened to be Homecoming weekend, so we got to participate in all the fun! Thanks to cheap flights on Frontier, we arrived in Durango Friday evening in time to grab some pizza at Beau Jo's (yum!) and make it to the parade. Downtown Durango is super cute - little shops and a railroad...surrounded by mountains in the background. The weekend's theme was Blast from the Past, so we got to see lots of hippies and a few authentic Indians in the parade.

Then we met up with Taylor at her house, had spaghetti and banana bread, and met some of the football players. AND laughed our heads off when Taylor pranked Bryan and one of the football players. The player used it as motivation for his 97-yard touchdown run the next day...Bryan just got wet : ) The last activity for the day was the bonfire, which was enormous...and felt good in the cool air.

Saturday morning we went to breakfast with Taylor, then headed to campus (which happens to set on top of a mountain - or maybe a big hill - all by itself...pretty cool view). As co-captain of the dance team, Taylor had to paint some chairs...after supervising for a while, Bryan and I checked out the tailgate party and enjoyed some great views. The Skyhawks lost in the 4th quarter, but it was a great trip and we enjoyed both Taylor and Durango.

Right before take-off, Bryan informed me that if the propellor came off, I would be cut in half.

Taylor leads the crew in turning maroon thrift store chairs into white dance team chairs.

It really is a pretty campus...on top of a hill with the mountains all around!

Fall color from the edge of the campus. I like the one red tree by the church :)