Day 3- Wildlife

Today, even though it rained a lot, ROCKED!
We decided to go into Boulder to check things out and took a route through the Rocky Mountain National Forest. It was $20 to drive through it, but man, it was well worth it! We saw plenty of wild life and there was snow, SNOW! all over the place. The highest altitude on the road was 12,400'... or so. I was really surprised at how much snow there still was. The temperature is in the 90's at home, and in the 30's on top of the mountain.
Right off the bat, we saw some moose. MOOSE! We also got shots of a lot of mule deer, but I don't have those uploaded yet.
















This is the view from the top.



G'night, kids.


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Day 2- Winter Park, Co

While we're in Colorado, we've decided to stay at the timeshare and do some day hikes, among other things, while we relaaaax.

What an awesome drive in. It was a little rainy when we got into the mountains, but the cloud formations looked so cool pouring over the peaks. The roads were pretty slick and treacherous through the switchbacks, but I wasn't nervous at all. I just put the Jeep in 4wd and enjoyed the incredible view over the cliffs.
Amy, however, literally chewed her new fingernails off. She does not like driving through the mountains, especially when it's all wet.
I wanted to stop on the shoulder and get some photos, but Amy wasn't having it. hahaha She's such a scardy cat.

It's a little colder here than I thought... it got down into the 40's while we were crossing the pass. It might be a little more chilly if we hike up another 1000'.
Next week, we'll be driving North to Montana, that's another 800 miles. I hope it doesn't get colder as we go, because THAT'S where we'll be doing the long overnight hikes.

These are the peaks of Winter Park in the background from our lodge parking lot.



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Day 1

We're somewhere between Ft. Worth and Amarillo. We're havin' fun. Gimme some coffee!


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I... AM... T E R M I N A T O R.

Tristan and I just got back from the movies.
We watched Terminator Salvation.


Not bad, not too bad. It had one of two cheesy moments, but over all, it was worth the wait. I couldn't help but think of that little PR flub whenever Christian Bale would scream and yell in the movie. haha

Before we left, I got my gear packed up in the Jeep. I'm ready to hit the road. Amy is going to pick up a few odds and ends tomorrow for the ice chest and then it is ON!

Just a few more hours...



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More Random

Jeez, I'm to tired to write anything.

I finally got some hiking boots today. They aren't the Gortex® ones that I thought I wanted, but they are comfortable with a lot of support. They're waterproof and that should be enough for now.

I finally got that little "throwdown" netbook laptop too. I didn't want to take the Mac on the trip and I'm very nervous about taking it to work with me everyday too. Some guys had their trucks broken into recently, and their laptops got stolen. That would pretty much make me cry... a lot.

Ok. I GOTTA go to sleep...


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