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# The Way Back South
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/the-way-back-south/
- Published: 2017-10-01T20:52:41.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-01T20:52:48.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: wedding, @megsmegge, post, boulder, @octaviangeagla, flatirons, colorado, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

Megan and I had concocted a fun little plan for reuniting at Joy's wedding (I was her "+1"). She was going to fly from Phoenix to Denver, where Ahab and I would pick her up. The three of us would then road trip it down to a town outside of Pueblo, with a stop at Shelf Road along the way, because we are who we are.

### Flatirons

I used the Denver route as an excuse to stay with my favorite Boulderite. OG broached going up the Second Flatiron and I happily agreed. I'd been hearing about the flatties since college, and was excited to check one out.

![P3570566](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/P3570566.jpg)

![P3570595-1](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/P3570595-1.jpg)

![P3570629-1](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/P3570629-1.jpg)

![P3570643](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/P3570643.jpg)

### Rye, Colorado

The stopover in Shelf was brief: damn it was hot there. We moved on and spent a pleasant afternoon swimming at a resevoir before pulling into the ranch that had been rented for the wedding.

I put my camera away for that and just enjoyed the wild few days of celebrating Joy and Drew.

![P3570724](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/P3570724.jpg)  
*My favorite social game*

![21743534_10156595533456258_4548747321188515504_o](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2017/10/21743534_10156595533456258_4548747321188515504_o.jpg) *I'm NAU!*

The partying was intense. Megan and I also worked through a bottle of gin on our own over those days...

I drove out of the ranch with maybe 16 breakfast burritos in my fridge.

Megs and I broke up the drive back to Flag with a stop at her parents' place in Albequerque. We swam in the third body of water (her parents' pool) for that trip. My goodness.