Friday, April 27, 2012

A Road Well Traveled – (WARNING: THIS IS A LONG ONE)


Well its nearing the end of my vacation; If you did’nt know that, I apologize cause that most likely means I did not get to see you! Ughhh, yeah, sorry about that one! But for the most part I have seen many people, many places and many things! And I am here now to tell you about my travels, and brief you on the up and coming adventures of Mr. Josh Laydon!



Leaving the ship was a wonderful feeling! Bags packed, room cleaned, head cleared, I was ready to start my five week adventure….. First stop; Wakiki Beach! With close friends at hand, a round hotel and a ballin’ rental car we went at it in full force! Actually enjoying time on the beach without worrying about work schedules and having no worries in the world the world was our oasis! After a dinner and drinks we had to say good bye to Dustin and Tina – but the night swept in like wildfire, and the lights of the pride of America off in the horizon really started off the night great! After a well needed nap we hit the streets of Wakiki, finding all sorts of adventures! – “why am I so sore?!” could it be all of the dancing in the streets we did?? Ohh yeah that’s right! Good times with good people to start off a great vacation!
Flying out the next day heading straight for fabulous Las Vegas!  Natalia and Justine arriving soon after myself to great me back to the mainland. My wonderful father helped us out with one of the most amazing hotel rooms I have seen and VIP access to the hottest night club in America to see LMFAO perform for Party Rock Mondays – yeah I live the good life! After saying good by to Natalia and Justine I made my home at my parents house! With Bear (my dog) by my side I actually began to relax a little, watching movies and using the internet it was a great feeling! That soon ended with a great concert with Benny Bennasi and I was off yet again!
New arrival… Grand Junction Colorado. Hello home! With some great friends picking me up from the airport and even better friends coming all the way down from Glenwood to pick me up we made that first night one not to forget! New friends and good memories the best ingredients to start off a fabulous Colorado stay!
Now in Glenwood Springs Colorado it was time to live the lifestyle! Volley Ball, friends, parks, and some geocaching made for a great week of adventures with people in my life! Next step into a wonderful Colorado experience – Hello First Fridays! Dance parties, horse races and the epic indoor hot tub party, yet another night for the books!
Now off for some old school loving! Grabbing Matt we head up to Pagosa Springs Colorado, my home town! First stop my wonderful Aunt Joyce, then off to some good old family time and a wonder Easter Breakfast with my bestfriend and her Family! Just happened to be the closing day at Wolf creek ski area, my favorite place in the world, and of course we had to make an appearance! Later that night we had some amazing dance parties with a great band called Ebenizer and the crooked hookers! And yup you guessed it… another night for the books!
Well back to glenwood I head and have some good times in Snowmass Aspen and Vail along the way! Im a geocaching hound these days! I had some really good talks and good experiences with some of my great friends these next couple of days! It was amazing to see everyone again, it amazes me how much changes in six months, I found that this town has lost a lot of the love that it once had! But all is well and seems like everyone is pretty happy! Well it might sound like im starting to slow down… don’t think so we are just getting started! A great friend of mine Leah decided to come down for a concert at the belly up in Aspen Colorado! Renting an amazing Condo with a talking fridge, getting bottle service at the club and feeling like bosses the whole night. I can say it myself we were the most important unimportant people in that place and people knew it! Being approached by the band later made my night! What a great time…. And you know it, it was one for the books! By now your thinking…. This guy have a book that is always writes these night down in… well the answer is yes… your reading it ;)
Two days later im prepping for yet another festival! This one is called holi color festival! So the road trip begins again, heading down to good ol’ Utah! Wow it sure was worth the trip, such an amazing experience, I really learned a lot about the Indian culture and how they celebrate bringing in spring! Covered in Color the five of us had a magical time that I will never forget and hope that one day I will be fortunate to head to the actual festival in India! Who wants to go!? 



With a few days to rest up we are at it yet again, and believe it or not this was my going away party for Colorado! We got FUNKY. The theme was crazy funky dress up, and it was nice to see what people came up with! Lots of games, friends and music was exactly what I needed to send me off from a wonderful town that I love!
Are we done yet you might ask… hahah guess again! On the plane back to Vegas to say my good byes to my parents! Lots of shopping, a show that I watched ten minutes of… that I wont get into to protect the individuals associated with the occurrences of that night; you know who you are, I know your reading this! Man funny stuff right there! Not winning any money this time but there is always the next, keep your fingers crossed blogger world, Im going to the trillion! After a relaxing five days Im back on a plane, to where you might ask…. Once again Colorado! Surprise…. Maybe we should have another going away party… I say yes! Good times yet again I love the life I live! But this is where the road ends, in nine hours I flight out of Aspen Colorado to Denver and then Denver to Hawaii! LETS DO THIS!



As I prepare to board my ship again, I sure have a lot running threw my head! If you did not know I was asked to help run Perspectives Studio! With my partner Melissa McDonald we are heading out in full force! Coming back fresh with new ideas a cleared head and come knowledge than I know what to do with, I am ready to rock this studio! I am extremely excited to start this new chapter in my life, and I know its going to be simply amazing! I have attached some photos done by Melissa so you can see the studio layout. Im sure you folks will here more and more about the progress that we are making in the up and coming months, so I don’t need to tell you too much here, but get excited, its going to be a great five months!

Love you all.