We left Portland on Wednesday and flew to Colorado.

We spent five days in Denver, based out of Capitol Hill which was perfect for us. We wandered through the city, checked out the Money Museum and stumbled on the University’s open day.

Another highlight was seeing The Book of Mormon Musical at The Ellie Theatre. We entered a lottery for $25 tickets but didn’t win the grand prize. We were very happy to be offered A reserve tickets for $45! We also met some lovely local college students in the line who gave us a few tips on Denver.

On our last day in town we rented bikes and ventured out to Cherry Creek. Despite a thunderstorm half way through the day, it was a great day out.

  
  
  
  
  
  

We caught a bus from Denver to Boulder a few days ago. Boulder has been awesome – our fave US city so far. Being a college town, it has a young vibe about it. School went back this week so there is a lot happening around the town. We are also staying right near the colleges – it is really easy to imagine ourselves in a teen movie 😂

Today we explored the Flatirons and I am so stoked to say I hiked to the top of the first and second Flatiron and to the base of three and four. This was THE most challenging hike we have done so far on our trip. Yay!

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
Tomorrow we venture to Los Angeles for a few days. We are looking forward to catching up with a few friends whilst we are there.

A note on our carry on packing: we are still going strong! We are getting better each day we repack our cases. It has made us both realise how much of our travelling involves shopping – when you don’t have the ‘luxury’ of space in your case, every purchase has to replace something else. So we have needed to ask ourselves whether something new will add value or cause us more trouble than it is worth. It has meant our spending has mostly been on food and experiences, which is pretty cool.