Woke up today knowing there would be a lot of LOUD construction due to all the heavy equipment that had appeared in town over the weekend. My plan was to escape to Rampart Reservoir which was partly burned by the Waldo Canyon fire last year. But I really didn't want to spend another day away from my wife and kids, so asked if they would join me (driving part way there to make it possible). Indeed they did, so off we went.
Everything looked lush and green (for Colorado) and untouched for the first 2/3rds of the ride. Then trails that had been old roads overgrown to single track were freshly plowed from fire trucks getting access. Entire new junctions existed and we sent out our oldest lassies as scouts to try and figure out which ones to take. Getting lost actually took us into the burn area. Wow. The transformation from pine and aspen forest to chard lodge poles without a lodge is stunning to see. After a few tries at a few places, we got it right. "Our" site was untouched. The thunderstorms began rolling in, everyone but me ate lunch (since I fast for 24 hours between meals), we got a wonderful drenching and light and sound show, and home we bound. Life is beautiful! What a wondrous way to spend 8 hours avoiding construction noise! http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/72157633937237638/ With abandon, Patrick www.MindYourHeadCoop.org www.OurHolyConception.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
