Colorado (Part 2)

Welcome to a very picture-heavy post that sums up my Colorado trip, from August 1-August 7. All of the photos below can be enlarged by clicking on the photo. (FYI, I am the second oldest of the cousins present on this trip. Clement is the oldest, then I follow next).

August 1: Arrival @ Denver airport; waiting for my uncle, dad, and older cousin to return with the rental vans

My cousin, Ryan.

Mom and Auntie Anna (Ryan's mom) in the back. (L-R) Grandma, Grandpa, Ryan, Karen, and Kathy on top of her.

August 2: Garden of the Gods

August 3: Royal Gorge Bridge

Me & Grandpa (爺爺)

Mommy!

August 4: Part I - Garden of the Gods: Balance Rock

Ryan doing a headstand.

Auntie Leanne (Karen, Kathy, and Katie's mom), my mom, Auntie Anna (Ryan's mom), Auntie Hannah (Clement's mom)

Cousins! Katie, Ryan, Me, Clement, Karen, Kathy

Katie & Me

August 4: Part II - Broadmoor Hotel (5-star)

Ryan & Me

Mom & Dad

August 4: Part III - Seven Falls

Clement, Me, Ryan

August 5: Part I - Dinosaur Ridge (Fossils!)

The dark areas are fossils!

August 5: Part II - Red Rocks

The Beatles performed here on August 26, 1964!

Clement, my Dad, Ryan

August 5: Part III - Coors Brewery

Ryan

Ryan, Me, Clement


Sup, family? ("Silly" pose)

August 6: Castle Rock Factory Outlet

"Car #2"

Dinner @ Texas Roadhouse (yes, there is one in CO!); Clement & Ryan

August 7: Downtown Denver; lunch @ Johnny Rockets followed by airport for flight home.

Ryan got smiley face ketchup!

(L-R) Karen, Me, Ryan, Clement

It was overall a good trip. Colorado is nice; lots of nature and clean air. I wouldn't want to live there though (hehe). Sometimes I had a hard time breathing due to the altitude! I love spending time with my family, especially my cousins. In fact, I miss them already. So, guys, what's next?!

Colorado (Part 1)

I'm currently on a family trip in Colorado Springs, Colorado with my Chinese side of the family. My parents and I left from LAX Saturday morning and met up with our relatives from Northern California (Saratoga) at the Denver, Colorado airport. We scheduled our flights perfectly that we arrived pretty much at the same time!

Today we visited Garden of the Gods, which is basically a nature park with good views, scenery, and huge, red rock formations. We took pictures and all that good stuff.

Here are a couple photos of me and my cousins.

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(1) Hubert and I. (2) Brian and I. (3) My cousin, Clement, in the green jacket standing with his hands up. To the right of him are my cousin, Ryan (featured in the previous few posts), and my parents. (4) Frank and Paolo. (5) View of the stage from my seat. (6) Hubert and I again. (7) James, Brian, Ryan Hsu, and I after commencement; ping pong crew photo! Haha. (8) My cousin, Ryan, holding my dad's tripod; my mom's behind him.

Today was the College of Engineering Commencement! Four years worth of hard work finally paid off. :) These are just the pictures I had on my camera; my dad has more pictures from this day. It was held at the Greek Theater from 8:30 AM to 12:00 Noon. Started so early! The first speaker, Yu Tu, was pretty entertaining. Hooding the PhD candidates took forever, though, and was very, very boring.

Good job COE Class of 2009! We made it!