About 2 years ago, I moved into a house near Bradley with 3 other guys. 2 of the guys were FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionaries at Bradley, and the other guy was a teacher at Peoria Notre Dame High School. We were a multi-ethnic group - a Lebanese, Egyptian, Indian & Polish. It only lasted for a little while because they all moved away the next year, but it was a lot of fun while it lasted! Sadly, the only picture I have of all 4 of us is a picture that I took with my cell phone a few days before the fellowship broke up. Click on the picture for a larger version.

I’m going down to Texas on Wednesday for the first national FOCUS conference. Since I was going to be traveling anyway, I decided to leave early and spend a few days in Colorado with Anand (my old roommate - the one standing on my right in the picture). Now, I love the Midwest - I’ve lived there my whole life. But, there’s something really cool about visiting the mountains. Anand probably thinks I’m weird because whenever we’re driving around, I’m like a rubberneck, always looking around in wonder at the different landscapes and sights.

I first saw Colorado almost 6 years ago on my first Bradley Chorale Choir tour. That was quite a trip, and was the first time I saw mountains. I’ll have to scan some pictures from that trip because I wasn’t shooting digital pictures at the time. Nothing could describe the awesome sight of seeing my first mountain after driving for days through flat plains.

It was kind of the same feeling this time. We’re driving to Anand’s house, and directly ahead, you see these mountains shooting up to the sky. It’s an awesome sight! I’ve created a new gallery for Colorado pictures, so click here to check it out. I’ll be adding to it over the next couple of days.

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