The First Day of School!

Garret and Owen had their first day of school this week. Owen loves his preschool teacher and Garret is really excited about Kindergarten. So is Megan! It should be pretty interesting to see how this changes the dynamics at home with Garret gone everyday. We'll keep you posted.

Late August Camping Trip

Last weekend, we took another camping trip - this time to the Arapahoe National Forest at Lake Granby. We set up camp, explored, fished, hiked, swam, and saw the sights of the area including Adams Falls, Crater Lake, Grand Lake, and Monarch Lake. It is certainly another magnificent part of the state. There was much bark beetle devastation and we learned that as a result the majority of the forest in this area is scheduled to be destroyed to avoid massive wildfires. So a return visit next year is unlikely.



I took a 15 mile solo trail run from Monarch Lake (the pic w/ G & O) to Crater Lake (the last two pics) and returned just before a big thunderstorm rocked the campground. Luckily, we had a planned visit to the town of Grand Lake and spent the storm at a BBQ restaurant instead of in our tent.

Summer Sports

Megan cranked it out this year and competed in her first sprint triathlon, The Tri for the Cure, at Cherry Creek State Park in August. She had a great time and is looking forward to her improving her times in another one...



The same weekend, I competed in my 2nd 195 mile Wild West Relay running race from Fort Collins to Steamboat Springs. This time we decided to change to an Ultra Team of 6, rather then the 12 person team we had last year. This meant that my mileage changed to 34.3 miles and my net elevation gain increased to 4,786 feet. It was a much more difficult race this way, but we all agreed that the added challenge and smaller group made it a lot more fun...



As the summer winds down, we have another camping trip planned and are looking forward to cooler days, football games, and moving down the road to our home remodel project.