Wow that took awhile
I was so totally hung up and so frustrated with the Ellie in Colorado chapter I had to walk away from this game for several months. I decided to give it another try today and fired it up at 6:00pm and for some reason I finally beat this chapter pretty easily and finished the game by 10:00pm. I really don't know why this one chapter was so difficult for me before
Definitely will revisit The Last of Us again on a harder level and spend more time look for more items and collectables (found about 1/2 of everything on this outing ). Overall a pretty darn impressive game but Metro 2033 and Last Light Redux's will be arriving soon on my PC and I think that's really going to keep me busy for awhile.
Cheers