Colorado Trip Report: Mini Review

Posted by Pauly August 18, 2005

Colorado Trip Report: Mini Review

I'm back in Las Vegas after a quick weekend trip to Colorado. I had an amazing time. Truly, it was an original experience. Man, I really dig Boulder. It's gotta be one of my favorite places to hang out in America. In many ways this trip ended up being more important to me creatively than the entire Las Vegas experience. More on that later. It was finally great to get some real perspective on things after being in Las Vegas for two and a half months. I had a long drive on Sunday up to the mountains to clear my head. I also let loose an epic weekend bender. Hunter would have been proud that I was partying it up like a rock star in his state.

Boulder is a unique place and in many ways, is very cliche-ish. Are there hordes of hippies wandering around? Absolutely. Did I mention how much I love happy hippie girls?

Colorado has also been the spot where I witnessed some amazing music in my life. On Saturday, I saw a kick ass concert at Red Rocks courtesy of STS9 and Trey Anastasio Band. The Joker and I also sampled some other local bands as well such as Luna Sol and Rose Hill Drive.

Here are some random points that I'll be talking about in a full recap of the weekend:

Friday = partying in Boulder and Denver

Saturday = raining at Red Rocks and Trey Band concert

Sunday = Rocky Mountain National Park

We crashed a private party in Boulder at a hipster joint

Went to a loft party a few blocks from Coors Field

There are more dogs in Boulder than kids

I met a cute blonde hippie chick with a dog who chewed on it's tail when I pet it

Same hippie chick used to have "a huge crush" on Wil Wheaton

Same hippie chick went to the same college as me... at the same time!

Joker and I were shithoused inebriated at the concert

Rock climbing above the "treeline"

High school girls on mushrooms who fell in love with Joker's guitar playing

The funniest Trey story yet... or two

Some guy selling a used car stereo in Shakedown at Red Rocks

Colorado Pictures

Over the last three days, I took a few pics in Boulder, at Red Rocks, and at Rocky Mountain National Park. Enjoy! You can click on the pics to enlarge them.