Well, I’m officially in Dolores. Yesterday we drove down through glorious fall foliage in the mountains. What a perfect time of the year! This morning we stopped by the Heritage Center to get my key and go to the house where I’ll be living. It’s a little three-bedroom house right next to the Center with a beautiful view of the McPhee Reservoir, the La Plata mountain range, and Mesa Verde. It took me a few hours to unpack, go grocery shopping, and clean the house a little.
I drove 25 miles to the nearest natural foods store, just because. There isn’t much to do around here. I really need to find some people my age (or a family that will temporarily adopt me). I already know it will be very lonely if I don’t. I’m going to check out a church this weekend, though it might be hard to find a church that isn’t Baptist. Who knew there were so many Baptists in southwest Colorado?
Anyway, on my way back from the natural foods store, a Mancos sheriff pulled me over. Nice welcome to the place, right? I was simply following the speed of the car in front of me, which seems a little unfair. Why didn’t he pull over that guy? Anyway, he let me off with a warning, maybe because he grew up in Littleton. Or maybe it just pays to be very polite and kind to your local police officer.
Tomorrow I start my internship. My first project is to catalog the artifacts that my field archaeology class picked up about a year ago. Ironic, isn’t it? We spent days going over these little pieces of ceramic and stone to catalog them last year in the Crow Canyon database, so I’m glad that I won’t have to re-analyze the pieces. The last I saw them they were stored nicely in little marked baggies. Hopefully they’re still in the same condition.
Well, there isn’t much more to write about. Just a start to this blog. Hopefully I’ll have some fun things to tell you about soon. Enjoy the pictures 
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- My commute to work
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- The view from my house
