The sun shone bright here in beautiful Boulder this afternoon. From my couch in the hotel room, where I spent most of the afternoon reading (for classes, not for fun), I could see the foothills and a couple of snow-covered peaks way off in the distance.
Tonight was the opening cocktail party for the conference. I really, really hate those kinds of situations where I know no one in the room and have to try to introduce myself and engage in conversation with strangers. It is so hard for me to do. Really hard. There is a couple here that have made a life out of traveling together, and have built a business doing slide show presentations in schools around the country teaching kids about the places they've seen. I swear there is no place left for them to go. And, most of it they've done on bicycles. Their first trip was literally around the world—like 14,000 miles they rode. Amazing. They've been to far away, remote places that I couldn't even dream of going.
So, that was the kick-off. Tomorrow is a day of lectures from 8:30am until 8:30pm. I'm very excited to be here, but a tiny part of me really wants to take a nice hike tomorrow. It's going to be sunny and 72 degrees. Good thing I didn't bring my hiking boots.
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