Ranger Day off

For the ranger day off I went to taos. I got split up with my tc(training crew) because I went in a different car. However, I had one of the best days yet. We went to this canyon where there is a huge bridge over the rio grande river. We grilled out brautwarst, hotdogs, and hamburgers. The food really hit the spot. Its awesome how everyone here is all around. I once again met so many people. They were all dow to earth just having a good time. One of the ranger challenges is to jump off the bridge. The river was really high ad running extremely fast. The bridge is almost as tall as dripping springs at grand lake. We got in our bathing suits, all fifty or so of us, and started jumping. When you hit the water the current started to take you. I had to get up and just start swimming as hard as you could towards shore. It was freezing but well worth it. All the river guides were chillin on the shore cheering us on. Everybody was taking pictures. It just made me appreciate the mountains and philmont so much more.
After that extravaganza I got dropped off at a place called orlandos. I met up with will sadler and his family, thomas pynn, and matt who is also from ou. We had some great mexican food. The sadler's covered our meal which we could not thank them enough. They are a great family. After dinner we headed over to taos mountain outfitters. This store is locally owned and they sell camping/mountain gear. We got 10% since we were staff at philmont. I got a new kavu visor that i have been looking for forever. After the little shopping spree we headed back to philmont which is about an hour and twenty minutes away. We go through eagle's nest and angel fire. I think i even saw where i had my ski crash at angel fire. Haha. We made it back safely and went to the tents. We chilled and listened to music for about 2 hours then hit the sack. One thing i love abot the mountains is the low humidity. Its a great get away from tulsa. Im stoked to get this summer rolling as a philmont ranger!!!