We Are Going To Colorado!

This is a short work week for me, because my husband and I leaving for Winter Park, Colorado on Thursday for a little get away! Yay. We are really excited to get away and see mountains. We also plan on driving up to hike around in Rocky Mountain National Park.

I am labeling this little trip our “Second Honeymoon,” because our original one was awful.

Long story short, my husband lost the tip of his index finger on our second day in Mexico when we were on our honeymoon. While he was getting back into the boat from snorkeling, his finger got caught in the hinge of the collapsible metal ladder. From there, it just went downhill. We spent two days in a Mexican hospital, then when we got back to the resort it literally poured the entire time. Isaac was in so much pain too.

Here is a picture the day after his finger accident at Playa Med Hospital. We were waiting to be discharged from the hospital. It was a long night. If you are wondering what that thing was on his ear, they took a skin graft from the back of his ear to put on his finger, which ended up dying. They had to re-do everything when we got back to Oklahoma. He is doing so much better now! 

Thus the reason we need this little vacation to Colorado. J We need to get away and do something fun together, see beauty and just be with each other. Things have been so crazy lately starting off our marriage with getting Isaac better and with my health not in great condition either.

I am ready to see sites like these! Beautiful mountains!

We decided to drive which will take about 11 hours on Thursday. This will be our first long road trip together. I hope it is fun to be in the car together that long haha. People always say road trips are the best, but we just want to get there. Plus we will be driving north though Kansas, so it will be kind of a boring drive.

With this long of a road trip, one of the "Crohn's concerns" I have is getting to a restroom quickly if I need to go. Since I was diagnosed with Crohns, I have not been on any long road trips. Thankfully, I have been doing much better these past few weeks. So, hopefully I will not flare at any point during this trip. I pray that God blesses our second honeymoon, and that it will be a trip to remember - in a good way!

Another "Crohns concern" I have is how I am going to do with the change in altitude. I have been to Colorado before, and I usually get altitude sickness the first day. I’m not sure how I will be with all my drugs and this darn steroid in my system. I have been drinking a lot of water to prepare my body for the change in altitude.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for me?

I wonder if altitude change will affect my stomach at all? Not sure, but I will find out!