Behind door #2...A New Car!!

I would have loved to have won a new car in a game show, but that didn't happen.  I did however purchase a new vehicle last night.

Being a new Colorado resident, I realized I needed a heavier all wheel drive or 4x4 vehicle.  Our Volkswagen Passat just wasn't cutting it (in more ways than one).

Today I had to take the car out and snap a few photos.  It is black of course, I am Brian Black you know!

Oh, and if you need a Ford or Chevy and are in Colorado, go see Adam over at Burt Ford in Parker!

This is our new 2009 Ford Edge SEL AWD.  One of the great features is the Sync system.  It is an amazing voice activated system for controlling your bluetooth enabled phone and has incredible iPod integration.  I highly recommend it!

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

Pre-Move Visit to Colorado

In June of 2009, my wife and I are planning on moving to Colorado. I'm going to continue Brian Black Photography there and she is going to attend University of Colorado, Boulder for her Masters in Speech and Language Pathology.

In November we took a trip to Colorado to visit the campus. The first few days we were there, we were in south Denver staying with family and much to my disappointment, there were no more fall colored leaves on the trees. We had missed it by just a couple weeks. Shucks!

Fortunately when we drove up to Boulder to tour the campus we found that some of the trees there still had some leaves on them! Here are a couple images of them:



The Campus is really a beautiful place. The "Old Main" building was built in 1876 and housed the entire University for 8 years. It was renovated in 1982 and is now the CU Heritage Center. I liked the old spiral staircases on the east side of the building:


We learned about Ralphie, the school's mascot and how he runs around the football field before each home game. In fact, the 5 "Ralphie Runners" are varsity student-athletes. I caught a sweet moment of a student sitting with Ralphie:


We had a great time on our visit and look forward to our first out of state move together. While we love California, it will be nice to have clean air, four seasons, lower cost on pretty much everything, and the Rockies (mountains, not the team).

2009 will definitely be a year filled with new experiences. It's an exciting time!