It's a guy thing......regardless of species !!!!!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The rut is in full swing with the elk....these pictures are from rocky mountain national park. The smaller bull was lying down in the meadow in the sun and when the older bull went back to get one of his cows the younger one ran to try and steal one of his bulls....well the older bull saw him and came at a dead run all the time bugling his head off....and finally chased him back...Lots of fun! And last but not least the younger bull had the last word...LOL....
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I am an Elkaholic I know it, but here are some more pictures from Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park....the elk are in rut and bugling like crazy! Some snow closed part of the upper sections of road from 3 ft of snow that fell last night....winters not far away. For those that dont know, the hospital I am at offered me an extension till the end of February and I took it....so i could hunt elk with a rifle through the end of January!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Im not sure what the hell i was thinking!!! I hiked up what is called the manitou incline...it used to be an actual incline but was tore down i believe in the 70's. I took maggie to keep the bears away...lol....no bears. The incline trail starts in manitou at the same place the pikes peak cog railway and barr trail starts...the incline starts out steep and gets worse from there. The view though is well worth it..this was my first time and im planning on doing it quite a few more times before the weather gets bad...You can hike down it but i opted to jump onto barr trail at the top and hike down it...i didnt feel like rolling back down the incline...small pebbles make that entirely possible :^) just about the only way to tell which pictures are facing up or down...is if you see colorado springs or manitou you are looking down...blue skys you are looking up...lol...
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Well another hike up Pikes Peak is in the books....I beat last years time by over 2hrs....I was number 83 to reach the summit out of 450+ hikers....alot more than last year.....Thank you to all that supported the pikes peak challenge...next year i plan on matching all the donations i get, so all that were unable this year to donate, i know you were with me in spirit...but save your pennies and nickles for next year and see if you can make me broke! It is all for a great cause...alot of the money goes for unfortunate kids with brain injuries and for the prevention of brain injuries.....See you next year...and by the way anyone is welcome to join me! But you better start training now. I will even let you carry my backpack the last few miles...LOL....I hiked with 3 other nurses from the hospital i am at, Heather, Heather, and Mary...Mary kinda got a little behind but finished shortly behind us...We had a wonderful time.....Little Heather suffered a brain injury a few years back but still continues to beat us every year by at least an hour! Talk about determination.....And by the way I passed two olympic athletes on the way up and stayed ahead of them the rest of the way...they are the two taking pictures....thats when i passed them...suckers! Ill take any opportunity I can get...lol.....It was all memories I will never forget......
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