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Colorado stop

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Well, we stopped in Colorado to visit friends and climb some 14ers. We weren’t sure how conditions in the mountains would be, we heard reports there was a lot of snow still up there. Well, there was still a lot of snow but not enough to keep us from hiking up Mt. Sherman yesterday. Tomorrow we will try Quandry Peak before heading further north on our journey.

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The view from our campsite just outside of Denver.

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Carin and I pose with the mountains in the background.

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Our campsite near Breckenridge, that is snow coming down folks!

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Molly playing in the snow. Is this Memorial Day weekend? It looks like Christmas!

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Me on the way up Sherman.

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Dave on the summit.

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The view from the top of Mt. Sherman.

Stops along the way – KS

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

Ok, I guess there are not very many tourist attractions in the middle of Kansas so we had to stop at the ‘World’s Largest Hand-dug Well’. I mean, that is better than the largest buffalo statue. Check it out:

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Yeah, it’s a big well.

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Dave with the ‘big well’ sign.

Oh, and Dave wants to brag about the fish he caught in his mom & dad’s pond before we left Missouri:

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Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Well, my contract in KL is over and we are back in the good old USA. We are in Houston for a week or two, then up to Missouri to visit the families, possibly a quick trip to Vegas to ... [Continue reading this entry]