call me the mountain master!

it's going to be hard for me to go back to port city after seeing all the mountains. i've been spoiled completely. yesterday lindsay and i were secret shoppers again! it's fun to be on that side of the counter rather then the other getting graded. chris took lindsay and i to a "new mexican" restaurant called castros, yes like fidel. some of the best mexican food i've had in a very long time. it was an amazingly beautiful place too. all the art and decorations were incredible. since i'm a very visual person, it's hard for me not to get side tracked in conversation b/c my eye catches something across the room. that occurred many times through out the meal. chris then slapped lindsay in the face with a tortilla...quite amusing if i do say so myself. we then went to get our caffine fix by our crack dealer of choice:starbucks. but, instead of going shopping we went back to chris' appartment and tried to take naps b/c we were so full from lunch we were miserable. i, surprisingly couldn't sleep, so i sat on the balcony and read my book. i think it was the definition is complete relaxation. i had my ipod, my book, and the most amazing weather. i got a bit sunburned b/c i fell asleep in the sun, which was funny b/c i was actually really cold since the wind was blowing with a mad fury. when chris came home from work we decided to try to hike up to see the sunset on the mountains. i was sooo pumped. we drove up to the mountain trail and there were still huge patches of snow. (which, i have never experienced snow) so i was rather excited. we started heading up the mountain and about 5 minutes into it i felt like there was an elephant doing jumping jacks on my chest from the altitude. but, after we stopped going over the log steps and started on the actual trail, i think i could have run up the mountain. snow balls were thrown. (i made the best) and we continued up. i got really excited and just kept walking and figured i should keep within eye sight of chris and lindsay incase i were to get lost or fall off the side, which came close to happening. i took so many pictures. it was absolutely breath taking. we however weren't going to make it up there before dark so we decided to just go back down and try another day. we are going to go see an abandoned mine sometime this week. if i lived near the mountains i would be skipping class all the time to go hiking. i'm in love. and, adobe actually looks really pretty at night. (this is me eating my words.)