The wedding ceremony, as previously stated, was unbeatable. Easily the most beautiful wedding I've ever seen. The downside of the ceremony was the hour that we waited at the top, without sunscreen. I got totally totally burnt to a crisp.
The reception was a party. It started out tame enough, with open beer and wine, but a cash bar for liquor. However, as the evening progressed, it appeared that the bartender was inebriated, and sheer chaos ensued. The bar was literal anarchy. For example, Eric was pouring Jack for everyone at the bar. By the end of the night, the bar was completely ransacked. Pretty fun.
Do you remember that SNL skit with Jimmy Fallon and Tina Faye called "Drunkgirl"? Drunkgirl was a frequent guest on the news segment. At any rate, I am afraid that Drunkgirl made an appearance at the wedding - at one point, she was at our table making out with a guy (let's call him Handsy), while drinking beer out of a pitcher, and then proceeded to THROW UP in the same pitcher, only to actually continue making out with Handsy. It was spectacular. Truly.
The night ended with these Princess Leia-esque shenanigans,
which is not one of my prouder moments... The next day was rough for me. Rob, no matter how much scotch, scotchy scotch scoth (it goes down, down into my belly) he consumes, he is never ever as hung over as I am. But, Sunday was the last day he was in town, so it was the only day left to go to the Maroon Bells.
We just did a little bit of very easy hiking because I felt like crapola.
No matter what though, it is easily one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The color of the sky has this intensity that you never see on the east coast. All of the colors, in general, are way more intense and everything just looks crisper somehow. The water in the lakes was so clear and about 34 degrees.The next day, Rob left for Atlanta to start his new job, leaving me with my parents for Monday night. Monday was pretty uneventful - I did the nature hike and some super easy mountain biking, which was really fun. Monday evening I got to go horseback riding with a pack of Millers up near the Maroon Bells.
The highlight of the last couple of days was going into the ice caves that are up the pass from Aspen. Very easy hike, which had perhaps the highest concentration of pretty per linear foot of trail. There was tons of rock features, rapids, falls, caves, and ICE caves with glacial ice. Totally fun.
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