The Past Month

Sorry I havent updated lately but I have been busy with work and looking for new jobs and running/biking.

• Run the Buffalo 5k in 24 mins.
• Been running with Watson alot. Saw two moose walking down Main Street early one morning.
• On my run Last week was about 10 feet away from a bull (moose) and it scared me alot.
• Been to Denver a few times to visit the family.
• Went to the Denver Zoo.
• Looking for a triathlon to enter.
• Looking for apartments in Denver.
• Thinking about quitting early and moving to Denver.
• Keith Urban Concert on my birthday
• Fly fishing and catching a rainbow trout with my cousin on my birthday and almost walking onto a rattlesnake (sorry no pics)
• Freak Hail storm at the end of July

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Sorry for the delay in posting but I have been busy these past 2 weeks. 2 weeks ago Tuesday morning I got up early and on the road for the 6 hour drive to Great Sand Dunes NP. I passed through Denver, Castle Rock, and Colorado Springs stopping at Cracker Barrel for lunch and onto to the town of Mosca, CO. After arriving at the Park I made a brief stop at the visitors center and headed to the campground to set up my home for the night. Although it was a Tuesday both campgrounds were full. I set up my tent and then changed and hiked up the dunes while walking through the near empty Medano Creek. I sure like the feeling of sand between my toes. I did not quite make it to the highest dune before I was exhausted and realized it would take another 30 minutes to get to the top. I turned around and headed back to camp. I had a wonderful meal of PB&J, Water and a Granola bar. After that I went to the Park Ranger program, and watched the sunset before heading to bed. When I went to lay down I realized that I had no sleeping pad so it was not the best night of sleep especially since I was awoken by the Coyotes in the early morning hours. The next day I got up early had breakfast that consisted of a granola bar and water and went on on Bison Tour near the Park. After the tour it was back to Grand Lake.

Bowen Lake

Last week on Thursday or Friday me and my coworker Emily decided to go for a hike instead of a run. Andrew was going to join us but he was too hungover from drinking with 2 Germans. We leave Grand Lake about 9:50 and drive about 30 minutes to this primitive road that towards the end was filled with rocks and ruts and two logs towards the end. Luckly my old Volvo station wagon survived. So we start hanging up through the woods on a beautiful but warm day. We make good time hiking to the Bowen Lake (4 miles one way) in about 1:30. We hang out at the top for abou 15-20 minutes before heading back down because we had to get back to work.
We were having some deep conversations on the way down and miss our turn to go back down to the parking lot and instead go straight for about 1 mile before we decide to turn around. 10 minutes later we found our turn. We were "lost in the woods" scared for a few minutes but overall it was quite comical. We make it safely back to the old Volvo and back to Grand Lake for work.