Time in the Mountains

By Erin Buckley, TCU Senior Nursing Student

I am lucky enough to have gotten to grow up in Colorado with beautiful nature all around me. I have always had such a love for the outdoors and spending time in the mountains. When I was younger I used to hate hiking, but as I’ve grown older I have also learned to love it. The first photo below is on the top of Mount Evans during sunrise, this was the first 14ner I had ever hiked. I also love to ski. I have been skiing in Vail since I was 3 years old and some of my greatest memories are spent in Vail with my family. The second photo below was a few weeks ago on a very snowy day, it was freezing with barely any visibility, but it was such great snow and I had the best day with my Dad, brother and boyfriend. Moving to Texas for college it has made me even more grateful to have lived in Colorado and all the nature that I was surrounded by growing up with and I cannot wait to move back.