It's summer... almost

As we get closer to summer, the days get longer and so do the chances of getting some climbing in post-work/school. Zac, Tom, and I made it out to Clear Creek Canyon yesterday evening for a quick session. 

Tonight we'll be grilling some salmon and playing softball, pics to come.

Cheers.

Happening about this old house

Well, it's been a while and quite a bit has happened and here's the most recent...

We have some visitors in our yard, yep, a garter snake. We did a bit of yard maintenance and this guy showed up, pretty neat. 

Arthur got a girlfriend... or he hopes to have a girlfriend. One of the cats that roam the neighborhood seems to enjoy hanging about our house. She's very friendly, named Gigi, and Arthur is interested. 

Stanley has also checked things out but seems a bit aloof. 

We've slowly been making improvements to our crib. We recently added all of the stuff you see above...

...to the backsplash above the sink (Jes modeling what it will look like, well done)...

... and there it is installed. Hi-ya!

When a break is needed, we've been catching quite a few Denver Nuggets games. We were fortunate enough to be there on Rocky's, the Nuggets mascot, birthday. He celebrated by becoming giant inflatable Rocky. 

And he invited all his other giant, inflated mascot buddies too. 

It was awesome.

That's it for now, cheers,

Janet's Cabin

This past weekend, Jes and I joined some friend's at Janet's Cabin, a 10th Mountain Division cabin just south of Copper Mountain.

A bit of early morning packing at Copper and we were on our way. 

The hike up was fantastic, the cabin, even better, but in the frenzy of people, food, and drinks, I only managed to take a few pictures... and all of those pictures were on the Sunday hike I took with Ryan and Turtle to Jacques Peak. 

Ryan, genuinely trying to find out where to go. The hut is down the hill to the right. 

We reached Searle Pass and stopped for some food.

A bit more walking got us to the Jacques Ridge. Jacques Peak is the highest point in the background.

A bit of steep hiking and...

We made it to the top. Great hike, great weather, and great company. 

Cheers, 

Some random happenings...

It's been a busy time over here but we've managed to get out a bit. For Thanksgiving, we went to Jes's folks' house out in Glenwood Springs.

Here Connor is patiently waiting for his helping of the Thanksgiving dinner.

I got out to Clear Creek for a spot of climbing. Great weather and friends made for a good day outside. 

Cheers, 

Right side... up

For class last week, we walked around some of the public spaces in Denver. We walked through the performing arts area, Civic Center Park, and then over to the art museum. 

A neat shot that describes how wacky the angles are on the new museum.

Cheers, 

Sand Duning

This past weekend Jes and I traveled way down south to Great Sand Dunes National Park. We have wanted to visit the park for quite some time and finally got around to it. The Park is awesome and there's a fair to middlin' chance that we will return there.

National Park!

We are at that park, proof.

Sangre de Cristo mountains just in the distance.

We hiked up to the second highest dune in the park, walking uphill in sand is not nearly as fun as going down.

It's a very odd landscape, giant sand dunes that abutt high desert scrub and then mountains looking over it all. 

The creases and breaks in the dunes are remarkably similar to the creases and breaks in the Harding Icefield, cool.

As scenery, the dunes did not disappoint.

Nope, not disappointed at all.

And finally, the best part, jumping off the dunes.

Yes!

A great place and a fantastic trip. 

Cheers, 

A little bit of roaming

Yesterday Jes and I both got out and about for a bit although with different folks. I went for a run with Ryan and a couple of his friends while Jes went hiking with Yelena. As is often the case, the weather obliged and good trips were had.

I went for a run at Centennial Cone Park, a newish park up Clear Creek Canyon. Ryan and company are just starting into a great length of running.

There's a bit of fall still hanging on to the trees. 

We turned around at the bridge, a nice spot.

The clouds opened up towards the end of the run and we were treated to some great mountain views.

Jes snapped this picture along the Apex trail, nice day eh? 

Cheers,