Rock Steady

All week long the weather has been beautiful in Colorado. Then the weekend comes along and everything changes. I had a small window of opportunity to go hiking on Saturday. I went up to Rocky Mountain National Park and hiked to Fern Lake. The weather wasn’t too bad. I was in shorts & T-shirt going up hill. Apparently other people were cold though. I didn’t get chilled until to the lake. It was windy there with a few snow flurries. There was a slight misty rain on the way down. I didn’t get any great pictures on this hike. Here is one of some fall color.





Fall color along the Fern Lake Trail










On the way back home I had to deal with some rain and hail. Fortunately, it wasn’t too bad. I was still able to make it back in time for my football. The Dawgs didn’t play well again, but they won. It was been a crazy college football season. If the season were to end today, South Florida would be in the National Championship Game. Yikes!!!

Sunday was an all-day drizzle in Denver and snow in the mountains. I’m not quite ready for a snow hike now that I know how long the snow hangs around. So I stayed at home and practiced my Spanish. The Rapids game was only on Spanish Television. They kept their slim playoff hopes alive by beating Chivas USA on the road. It was Chivas USA’s first loss at home all year. The Rapids did it by scoring two goals in the second half while playing a man down. One game left, they need a win and some help.

Rocktober fever is still hot despite the cooler temperatures. The Rockies are up 3-0 on the Diamondbacks. They have won 20 of their last 21. The World Series is looking good. They just need to avoid a collapse of Yankee-like proportions.

Rock On!

-M