I have a crazy idea.
Since I now have a mountain bike I’ve been looking for an opportunity to combine riding with hiking 14ers. It just so happens that next weekend (17-19 July), I’m heading down to the Lake City area to hike Handies peak on Sunday with my friend Josh.
Because it’s such a long drive down there, I’d also like to hit Redcloud and Sunshine Peak on Saturday. The crazy part is, I want to partially ride and partially hike to these summits. Does anybody want to go with me?
Here are the details…I’ve included links of the route with photos:
- We’d probably leave Colorado Springs at about 2-3 p.m. on Friday, July 17. That would get us to the trailhead at about 9 p.m.
- Camp Friday night at the Redcloud (Silver Creek/Grizzly Gulch) trailhead (i.e. free)
- Entire Redcloud to Sunshine round trip is 4,800 vertical feet and 12 miles
- Ride our mountain bikes as far as possible up Redcloud (probably to the Redcloud saddle/about 13,000 feet/photos 7 & 8)
- Walk our bikes up to the summit of Redcloud the last 1,000 feet or so (this part will suck)
- Hop on our bikes and ride over to Sunshine Peak as far as possible (probably to the Sunshine saddle/photos 5 & 6)
- Leave our bikes at the saddle and hike to the top of Sunshine
- Hike back down to our bikes and ride back over to Redcloud
- Ride downhill (as much as possible) all the way back to the trailhead
As I mentioned above, 12 miles is easily doable walking, let alone riding a bike. The only challenging part will be the short sections where we have to walk our bikes. If I don’t get any takers I’ll still probably attempt to do this on my own. If you don’t have a bike but would like to hike, I can be persuaded to walk.
The hike up Handies on Sunday is also open to anyone interested. I’ll be driving back to Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon but we can work out the logistics if you’d like to head back Saturday instead. This is going to be a great time on the mountain. Let me know!
10 July 2009
09 July 2009
Silly Season
The summer transfer period in football is also called “silly season” due to the plethora of ridiculous rumors that surface about players moving to a different team. 99.9% of the rumors that you hear never actualize…which I pretty much attribute to boredom. No games are being played right now, so to combat the lack of activity and excitement we create it for ourselves to pass the time.
During this season where moving teams is allowed, some players have hired marketing companies to produce brochures on themselves. You know, to “market themselves” to prospective buyers. I also find this silly considering every minute of every game a player has played has been videotaped for the entire world to see. I think we all have a pretty good idea what a player can do on field without a shiny brochure.
At any rate, arseblog created this mock brochure of one of their players. I found the “brand values” page extremely funny and silly. Apparently Adebayor is nutritious and fully vaccinated!
(click on the picture to see it up close)
During this season where moving teams is allowed, some players have hired marketing companies to produce brochures on themselves. You know, to “market themselves” to prospective buyers. I also find this silly considering every minute of every game a player has played has been videotaped for the entire world to see. I think we all have a pretty good idea what a player can do on field without a shiny brochure.
At any rate, arseblog created this mock brochure of one of their players. I found the “brand values” page extremely funny and silly. Apparently Adebayor is nutritious and fully vaccinated!
(click on the picture to see it up close)
01 July 2009
Julia Flies
Julia just finished her first flight. Technically she has flown before (this is her third trip in 18 months), but the trip up to Spokane was the first flight now that she's aware of her surroundings.
The flight from Denver to Spokane went really well for us since she slept the entire way. She was awake for the entire flight from Colorado Springs to Denver though and that's when we got to watch her little brain process what it means to fly.
We had the window seat in our aisle so she got to watch the landscape the entire flight. She didn't seem to mind when we took off until the landing gear disappeared under the wing outside our window. For the next 15 minutes or so (the rest of the flight), she kept pointing towards the missing landing gear and saying "uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh". She was saying it so often that I began to wonder if she knew something I didn't know. I thought like women's intuition there might be something similar called "baby sense". I assured her repeatedly that the landing gear would come back when we were about to land but it didn't seem to register.
The funniest one-liners Julia used were:
- after a few minutes of silence she looked out the window and said "down" in the same way she says it when she wants off of a chair or the bed. I thought that was very perceptive. Obviously, on some level she knew we were "up".
- when the plane banked left or right she said "whoa" in the same way she says it when she almost stumbles or loses her balance. When coming in for landing we took a really sharp turn and in fear she said "whoa whoa whoa whoa" very fast and in succession.
- of course, once the plane did something she liked and we got a big "weeeeeeeeeeee".
It was quite hilarious and, as usual, it stopped as soon as I took out my camera to record her.
The flight from Denver to Spokane went really well for us since she slept the entire way. She was awake for the entire flight from Colorado Springs to Denver though and that's when we got to watch her little brain process what it means to fly.
We had the window seat in our aisle so she got to watch the landscape the entire flight. She didn't seem to mind when we took off until the landing gear disappeared under the wing outside our window. For the next 15 minutes or so (the rest of the flight), she kept pointing towards the missing landing gear and saying "uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh". She was saying it so often that I began to wonder if she knew something I didn't know. I thought like women's intuition there might be something similar called "baby sense". I assured her repeatedly that the landing gear would come back when we were about to land but it didn't seem to register.
The funniest one-liners Julia used were:
- after a few minutes of silence she looked out the window and said "down" in the same way she says it when she wants off of a chair or the bed. I thought that was very perceptive. Obviously, on some level she knew we were "up".
- when the plane banked left or right she said "whoa" in the same way she says it when she almost stumbles or loses her balance. When coming in for landing we took a really sharp turn and in fear she said "whoa whoa whoa whoa" very fast and in succession.
- of course, once the plane did something she liked and we got a big "weeeeeeeeeeee".
It was quite hilarious and, as usual, it stopped as soon as I took out my camera to record her.
30 June 2009
Cruisin'
We went to a few motorcycle dealerships in Idaho with Stacey's family yesterday. It brought back a lot of memories (and created thoughts of new ones) since I bought my first motorcycle while I was living in Spokane. Jules loved it too (obviously).
Taken from my blurry iPhone.
Taken from my blurry iPhone.
25 June 2009
24 June 2009
21 June 2009
20 June 2009
Bap-pap
Only in Colorado...
Apparently Julia's graduated from the sippie cup. She loves Stacey's "bap-pap" (as she calls it). The last few weeks she's been very interested in the camelbak, so I decided to put it on her today. She loved "hiking" around the house with it and judging by her diaper later, she was well hydrated after the "hike". Since she's so small, this little camelbak looks like scuba gear on her. It cracks me up.
We took some video of this and will be posting it in the next few days.
Apparently Julia's graduated from the sippie cup. She loves Stacey's "bap-pap" (as she calls it). The last few weeks she's been very interested in the camelbak, so I decided to put it on her today. She loved "hiking" around the house with it and judging by her diaper later, she was well hydrated after the "hike". Since she's so small, this little camelbak looks like scuba gear on her. It cracks me up.
We took some video of this and will be posting it in the next few days.
19 June 2009
16 June 2009
The Dress Code...
…has finally been changed (now that a certain someone is longer here)! It’s now business casual. For the guys, no more ties or dress pants! For the women, no more hose or dresses!
It’s all about the khakis and a collared shirt. Of course, that means I’ll have to go out and buy new clothes now. Hmm…Father’s Day is this Sunday (hint hint).
EDIT/UPDATE - my sources tell me that the dress code change was announced at Compassion this week and also made the Gazette. That's too funny. Who knew this was such a big story (kidding, of course)?
It’s all about the khakis and a collared shirt. Of course, that means I’ll have to go out and buy new clothes now. Hmm…Father’s Day is this Sunday (hint hint).
EDIT/UPDATE - my sources tell me that the dress code change was announced at Compassion this week and also made the Gazette. That's too funny. Who knew this was such a big story (kidding, of course)?
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