Road Trip/Concert of the Year

For my 27 list, even though we've already gone to a few concerts this year, I held off crossing off item #2 in honor of our road trip to the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado.

We road tripped nearly 3000 miles (approximately 50 driving hours round trip) to see Shpongle at Red Rocks, a truly indescribable event. The show was completely sold out, meaning nearly ten thousand people were crowded around a magnificent geological structure to witness a band that plays together no more than three times a year, never tours, and rarely steps foot in the United States.

Road trip commence!

I was very thankful to have baked these chewy bars. The perfect road trip treat!

Oh no!

Too windy in Pendleton, Oregon to leave the car.

After driving through the night, we drove through...Wyoming. Never drive through Wyoming. 

Wyoming pit stop

After 25 hours we made it to Denver, with only three hours before the concert.
We stopped here for an incredible vegan dinner. 

Downtown Denver architecture  

Kevin liked the trees

Perfect footwear for an outdoor concert, right?!

Blurry, but we'd asked a passerby at Red Rocks to take the picture.

Everyone waiting for the show to start!

We're ready to get SHPONGLED... 

The next morning we woke up to snow!

We drove back to Red Rocks to see what it looked like in the daylight.

The amphitheater during a snow storm 

Remember how we had the perfect footwear for an outdoor concert?
Yeah, it was the ONLY footwear we'd brought with us.  

After getting stuck in a snow storm and being rerouted to Boulder for an extra night, 

we finally made it out of Colorado a day behind schedule. Sorry, employers!

The border of Colorado and Utah at sunset

After stopping at the border, we drove through the night again,
making it to Idaho around 6am the next morning.

Almost home!
 We were beginning to miss the green. 

Hood River, Oregon

Stopped for lunch with a friend

The smoothie that saves lives.

Hood River...another adventure for the near future.

After over 50 hours in the car, two cold nights napping at rest stops and in Walmart parking lots, a snow storm, an epic concert, terrifying Denver drivers, a lot of chewy bars, long stretches of endless highway, a pretty bad Chinese restaurant and days of gas station coffees, we decided we couldn't be more thankful to call the Pacific Northwest our home.


1. Go to Lovesick Expo (January 26th 2014)  2. Go to a concert 3. Try a 30 Day Challenge 4. Face a fear 5. Take a class 6. Stress less 7. Learn a new skill 8. Buy less, sew more 9. Plant a garden 10. Eat less junk 11. Exercise more 12. Marry my best friend (July 26th, 2014) 13. Honeymoon in a yurt 14. Volunteer 15. Be more social 16. Watch less TV 17. Join a protest 18. Go camping 19. Run a 5K 20. Make plans for Halloween 21. Move to a new place 22. Find a new job 23. Recognize all there is to be thankful for 24. Take more days off 25. Nurture my creativity 26. Write more letters 27. Call my grandparents more often