Last weekend I hiked my 3rd 14’er! This time we hiked up the highest mountain in Colorado, Mt. Elbert. It was a nice short 4 mile hike but had a hefty 4000 foot vertical gain. The uphill part was pretty brutal, it reminded me of Incline (not that I’ve actually hiked up incline 😉 ). Oh and let’s not forget that it has to hail, rain, thunderstorm, or be super windy… Why can’t we just have a normal hike? Anyways, the photos are up for everyone to look at. Oh and check out the profile of my hike from my GPS. I’m not quite sure what happened on the way down!
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Thursday, September 1st, 2005Note to self: Remember Deodorant
Monday, August 22nd, 2005Just a friendly reminder:
This morning on my way to work I realized that I missed a key step in my morning routine, deodorant. No problem, I keep a handy “emergency” stick of deodorant in my car’s glove box for just such occasions. This of course came about because I had a series of days where I forgot this key step in my morning routine. Anyway, I got to work and opened the glove box only to find that the plastic bag I store my spare deodorant in was wet. The first thing I thought was that, like my trunk, the front of my car had developed a leak. I frantically pulled things out of the glove box in search of other wet items but couldn’t find any. The bag the deodorant was in had stuff all over the inside and the container itself had stuff on the outside. It looked sorta like what happens to one of those cheap alkaline batteries that develops a leak and then corrodes. I pulled the container out of the bag and opened it to see exactly what happened and discovered a huge portion was missing. My only guess is that the heat from in car storage somehow managed to melt a good portion of the it. So, my present solution for solving my forgetfulness is no longer a good option. I guess I need to search for “glove box safe” deodorant. Any suggestions?
I have peppers!
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005As it turns out I actually can grow things. My palm plant had a horrible battle with spider mites after my move to Colorado Springs, after which I almost gave up growing things. Lucky for me I decided a packet of hot pepper seeds looked particularly appealing while in Home Depot several months back.
A picture of one of my peppers:
You can see more pictures in my Pepper gallery entry.