Red Rock Canyon

This morning Eric and I went and did a quick 3.9/miles in the Red Rock Canyon area. I have to say that this is one of my favorite places to go. It is not difficult and very little elevation climbs but the scenery is beautiful.


I had the camera with me and was able to snag some great pictures. I spotted a small woodpecker and a robin hanging in the trees. They were enjoying the great weather that we had today.

It was in the low 50’s and really made for an enjoyable outing. This is one of the first trips that Eric has made with me and I think he really enjoyed himself.

Happy Hiking

Making Tracks

We had a little snow last night, maybe about two inches. I headed out about 6:30AM to do a quick loop up and around GCR. Since I was the first one on the trail no one had a chance to ruin the animal tracks. I was amazed at all the tracks that I came across today. I came across Rabbit, Deer, Coyote, Raccoon and also what I think were Mountain Lion tracks. The Mountain Lion tracks were actually a pair. It was a little scary as I wondered if I was going to come across them.

The most tracks that I had seen were raccoon. They must have been out in full force last night as there were tracks all over from them.

It was snowing once I reached GCR and actually made the hike even more enjoyable. On the way down I had the wind and snow in my face so I quickened my step to get back. All in all ended up with just a little over 5/miles.

Glad to be home!

Got my lazy butt up this morning and headed out for a little walk. It was cold and very foggy and I think the tempature was about 25 when I left. Visibility at best was maybe 100 to 150 yards. I made my way down the road and caught the Bear Creek trail. The first thing I came across was a couple of Deer who were having breakfast.

I continued up the trail until I got to Gold Camp Road. I crossed and started working my way up the mountain. Once I started climbing I heated up pretty quickly. With each step the fog was diminishing. Once to the top I stopped and took a couple pictures looking back on downtown Colorado Springs. With low level clouds the city couldn’t be seen.

Above the low level clouds there was only this one cloud in the sky. At the elevation I was at, the sun was shining bright, so bright that I actually got a sunburn on my face from the sun and the reflection coming up off the snow.

I checked on an old fort to see how it was holding up. Looks like we may have to make a few repairs this spring so we can camp out in it next summer. One thing that is nice about hiking in the snow is that you get to see all the animal tracks. I came across Rabbit, Fox and even Bird tracks today.

Worked my way down the hill and came out on High Drive and back over to the Bear Creek trail system. I did manage to get 7.35/miles in today and have plans to get back out again tomorrow. Note to Self: take sun glasses.

Happy Hiking!

XTIVIA Holiday Party

On Friday we had a little Holiday party for the Xtivia employees and families who work out of the Colorado Springs office.  I think everyone had a great time and some great gifts were passed out.  The following is some of the pictures that I took.

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Happy Holidays

If four out of five people suffer from diarrhea, does that mean that the fifth one enjoys it?

SWANY

This week a couple of people asked me about the mittens I was wearing. When it is really cold out I wear my SWANY Toaster Legend II’s (http://www.swanyamerica.com/prod.php?p=SWATS-20&k=134469) .

What I have found with most gloves is that when your hands start sweating and you take off your gloves they can be very difficult to put back on!

With these you have the warmth of a mitten and the flexibility of a glove and you don’t’ have to remove them. You can simply unzip the side and slip your hand out. This comes in very handy when you come across a photo opportunity or need to get into your backpack to dig something out. They have a water repellent shell and side pouch access so that you can insert a heat pack.

For me and my usage these are great!

Happy Hiking!

Mable!

(De) Motivational Poster

Here we go again!

The last four months I have really slacked off on my walking and keeping track of my mileage. Well I got home on the 19th of November and on the 20th I started walking again and keeping a count of my miles and diet. In the last 10 days I have managed to get 35.84/miles in which averages out to 3.5/daily for the 10 days.

Well we start a new month tomorrow and a clean slate. I plan on walking as much as I possibly can and will report the progress here on the blog. So let’s see we have 31 days in the month of December and if we can get 3.5/miles in a day we should be able to get 108.5 miles for the month.
Wish me luck folks, as it looks like it is going to be a cold month. I know the last couple days have been. But with my gear it has not been bad at all and I have stayed warm.

Tonight I was walking home in the dark, which was actually fun. With the Ipod going you pick up noises from the wind blowing, etc and you get a little chill, looking back saying to yourself what was that!

Happy Hiking

Walking to work

This morning I headed out in the ice and snow to walk to work. It wasn’t bad at all, I think we got maybe three inches. What was bad, it was cold out this morning and on the way home. The wind was whipping through.

On my way in I snagged the picture of a Hawk sitting in the tree, most likely looking for prey.

I took this picture on the way home, sad to say it didn’t come out like I had hoped. The sun was setting on the backside and the color just didn’t show up.

All in all I did get 5.7/miles in today.

Happy Hiking