December 28-30

We Made It

Well, we made it in one piece to Granby, Colorado! The weather on I-15 near the junction with I-70 was not the best, but Anuj handled it well (much better than the truckers that were slipping and sliding around). The roads stayed decent until we hit Vail Pass on I-70, but even at its worst point we were comfortably maintaining ~50mph.

Some views heading northeast on I-15 in Utah

Everything in the room seems to be in good condition - the bedrooms and bathrooms are clean, the furniture is comfortable and not excessively worn, and they replaced the hot tub! Although, I seem to remember there being more basic goods around the kitchen - spices, olive oil, aluminum foil, etc. - in times past that aren't present anymore. Anyways, it's an awfully large room for just 2 people.

Dec 29

We spent the first day around the room, getting in some additional rest and starting our conversations about our new direction for Organize. If I had to sum up the key takeaways from the conversation, it would look something like:

• The core premise of our application is providing services to individuals who have been negatively impacted by police.
• The three key groups within our app are those with police related needs, groups that can serve those needs, and police
• We want to foster trust between police and communities by creating better outcomes for individuals with immediate needs instead of playing a data accumulation / network effects game.
• Not everybody is going to have some pertinent action to take within our site and that is ok

Dec 30

Today we headed to Grand Lake for the afternoon and took a short hike to Adam's Falls. I was hoping to see an ice fisherman reel in something exciting but we (and, more tragically, the fishermen) were left empty handed. PSA - doughnuts with traditional glaze and rasberry sauce drizzle are delicious.

The view from Adam's Falls lookout