Hey Y'all!! It's been a coon's age. How have you been?
As if you hadn't guessed, I took a little break.
When we came home from Colorado, I had a ton of yard/garden work to do. It was like a jungle. It's amazing how much out of control things can get in a month. I'm all caught up now...well, I've been caught up for a while, but I've just been feeling a little lazy when it comes to blogging. I guess we all need time away sometimes, don't we?
I have about three days worth of pictures I want to show you to wrap up our Colorado trip.....so let's get to it.
August 21..... Hike up Black Powder Pass (Elevation - 12,159')
3.14 miles - 1:04 hours - 705' elevation gain
Mountain goats
I'm guessing this is why it's called Black Powder Pass
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August 23..... Cliff's birthday and our 36th wedding anniversary
(yep, we got married on his birthday)
We spent it sailing on Lake Dillon..... Our first time ever on a sailboat.
(L to R) Boat owner, Whitney, Jason, Cliff
Cliff and me on our 36th wedding anniversary.
I would marry him all over again!
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August 25..... A Plane Ride and Pike's Peak
Early morning, Whitney took Cliff on a plane ride with her instructor.
They flew from Denver to the mountains and back. I'm sure this was one of the highlights of the trip for him.
Later that day....
When I was a little girl, my family lived in Colorado Springs. Daddy was in the army and stationed at Ft. Carson. We lived near the foot of Pike's Peak Mountain. I wanted to go visit the apartment that we lived in....so while we were visiting Colorado Springs, we took the opportunity to drive up Pike's Peak. It's elevation is a little more than 14,000 feet and as you can imagine, the weather up there can be totally different than at the foot. And it sure was....it began snowing while we were on the summit. As you can see below, the views were limited.
Driving through the clouds was scary.
Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write the song
"America The Beautiful" the day after visiting Pike's Peak in 1893.
August 25th and there's snow on the mountain.
So, that's it. Our trip to Colorado.
August 26..... Home!
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Tomorrow, it's on to new stuff to talk about.
As a matter of fact, you might gag.
HaHa!!
Laurie
Well, I guess you were the best birthday present he ever got. :) Belated anniversary wishes. Colorado is always so lovely and so much to do. We hiked a lot last year. And the previous summer is when we drove up to Pike Peak's but partway up, it turned dark, started to rain, then sleet, then snow and I couldn't see a damn thing. I swear, I didn't think we'd make it to the top. And then we were stuck for 2 hours because of a freak snow storm. I was never so glad as when we reached back to the bottom that day where it was nice and green. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tammy. Yeah and I need to remind Cliff that I was the best present he ever got. HaHa!!
DeleteI would have been scared to death, if we had experienced Pike's Peak like you did. There were stretches of road that I was white knuckling because or how narrow it was. I can't imagine doing it with your weather conditions. But the beauty and grandeur of it....I have no words. Everyone needs to see it.
Ive always wanted to sail. How was it? And that photo of you riding through the clouds made me want to throw up! Glad your back but you are right. Sometimes we need to take a break and reload our thoughts only to spill them out on a blog again . Ha
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Hey Lisa! Sailing was fun, lots of FUN! But, there is so much to learn about the sails, the wind, etc. I think we'll stick with motor boats.
DeleteThe experience was peaceful and calm otherwise. The owner let each of us take turns steering, but he was right there telling us which way to steer to catch the wind and other things. It was very quiet and smooth. I'm glad we tried it, but don't think we'll pursue it.
Good to have you back Laurie, and we all need a break from blogging at times!
ReplyDeleteYour trip was just awesome with fun hikes and sailing! But I really like that shot through the clouds across the mountains and beyond!
Best wishes!
Thank you, Christine! I just know those photos would have been breathtakingly beautiful, if it had been clear. Even so, it was still beautiful...clouds and all.
DeleteA fabulous trip to remember...happy belated anniversary! We had our 44th while I was sick ☹️
ReplyDeleteSailing looks fabulous....never done it! Think I would be scared!
Want to see pics of your garden when you returned!
Enjoy your evening...
Cheers!
Linda :o)
Thank you, Linda! Being sick on your anniversary stinks! Sailing was fun, nothing to be scared of unless maybe you're on a small catamaran. I would be afraid the wind would turn it over. 😳 I didn't take any pictures of the garden after returning home. It was shameful!! Lol! It's back in order now.
DeleteGood to have a post from you! But totally understand how sometimes we just need to step away from the Internet and blogging.
ReplyDeleteA belated very happy anniversary to you and Cliff. We got married on my mother's birthday and whenever the subject came up, she always pouted (pretended to) and said she never even got a birthday cake that year.
No doubt about it your Colorado trip was gorgeous. The only time I was on a sail boat was when friends of ours offered to take us out and I didn't want to go because I didn't want to have to hang out over the side of the boat with everyone on board to balance. I was assured that wouldn't happen. Ha! You can guess that it actually did. Bah, humbug. No more sailing for me, thank you very much. Glad your experience was nicer!
Thank you, Judy! Yeah, getting married on Cliff's birthday was his idea. He said that way, he would never forget. Lol!!
DeleteHanging over the side of the sailboat would scare me a little, too. This boat went up on its side once, but we weren't hanging over the side.
As far as the break, I think I needed it....even though I don't blog every day. And I'm glad to be back.
What an adventure! I love all the pictures.
ReplyDeleteDean's new book is called The Road to Sparta. It was really good. I found him much more humble with this book than in his book Ultramarathon Man. But he's still incredibly inspiring. My furthest ultra was 34 miles, but I like to dream ;-)
Thanks Lisa! And thanks for giving me the name of Dean's book. I hope he includes some recipes in it. He has a chia seed/honey recipe that's really good to eat before runs. Keep up the good work and miles!
Delete"Purple mountain majesty", you should think of it every time you see mountains in Colorado! Happy Anniversary to you two and happy birthday to your hubby! (A little late wishes for you but sincere all the same.)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kay! Purple mountains majesties indeed!
DeleteWat mooi! How beautiful! Thank you so much for the mountain photos. I've never seen one mountain, so, for me it is so special to see.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I'm sure glad you visited my blog. I hope you get to see mountains in person soon.
DeleteWelcome back and happy anniversary to you two!!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly did a whole lot of things in colorado, so no surprise that you needed a little break afterwards.
Thank you, Sara! It was a special anniversary. I was glad to have a little break, for sure. But, I sure missed everyone.
DeleteI have been lazy about blogging too. We use to own a sailboat even though it never was my cup of tea. My husband was from a sailing family. I even took a sailing course. So happy when I scored 70...only to find out 75 was passing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary and Happy birthday to your hubby!