Archive for the 'Hiking' Category

Meeting Mister Winter

Monday, October 13th, 2008

This weekend we decided to leave rainy Boulder in exchange for more solid precipitation and to give Jen a fresh fix of the mountains before she heads off to Florida.  Mister Winter was definitely knocking on the door up there…

On our way up there was still some blue sky

No blue sky by Yankee Doodle Lake

Strelka […]

Fall Colours

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Its that time of year again.  The aspen leaves are turning golden yellow; almost fluorescent.  Earlier this year in Spring we noticed how plenty full the aspens were around the 4th of July road, so we made it a goal to come back and check them out in Fall.  It was no disappointment!  The last […]

Fresh Snow

Monday, August 18th, 2008

What a change. A welcomed changed. The temperature high dropped 40F or more from one day to the next. The sun gave away to rain on the plains and snow in the high country.

We had originally decided to ride mountain bikes yesterday, but because of the high chance of the trails still […]

Mt Elbert

Monday, August 4th, 2008

This past Saturday Jen and I decided to do “something” with Strelka.  Strelka knows things aren’t like they used to be in the house, and I am sure she is missing Mushka as much as Jen and I are.  That said, we wanted to give Strelka some special attention and something else to think about.  […]

Trail conditions

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Down here in Boulder at the foothills of the mountains, the snow has pretty much melted away by now, and the mountain bikes have started calling, so Saturday we headed up into the mountains to check out the conditions of the trails at higher elevation. We of course brought Strelka along!
We started out a […]