[[!meta title="Colorado"]]
[[!meta date="2008-08-07 02:52:12"]]
+
Oh, I should explain the lack of postings over the last two weeks.
-During the first part, I was developing some explainatory graphs to
+During the first part, I was developing some explanatory graphs to
test my tension balancing implementation (fun, fun :p), and during the
second part, I was hanging out with my Mom, Aunt, sister, and neice in
Estes Park, CO. Mom moved out there a few years back, and it's a very
nice place to go visit.
-The cinematic highlight was a 2-day 1-night hike in [Rocky Mtn Nat'l
-Park](http://www.nps.gov/romo). I stayed in [Hayden
-Gorge](http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/personal/pics/2008_rmnp/15-campsite_hayden_gorge.jpg),
-and this was my first explicit-bushwhacking trip. It's maybe 8 miles
-in from Bear Lake, which took me around 11 hours, and 3 miles out to
-Trail Ridge Road which took about 10 hours :p. Take a look at [this
-deceptivly non-topographic
-map](http://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/upload/detailedmap.pdf).
-The hike up to Trail Ridge from the bottom of Forest Canyon is up a
-mile in a mile, and it's about a third each of pushing through dense
-forest, bouldering, and open hiking. Took me about 7 hours, and I
-ripped the sleeve off my shirt :p. Had a good time though :). I've
-zipped up the [other pictures](http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/personal/pics/2008_rmnp/hike.zip) if you're interested.
+The cinematic highlight was a 2-day 1-night hike in [Rocky Mountain
+National Park][RMNP]. I stayed in [Hayden Gorge][HG], and this was my
+first explicit-bushwhacking trip. It's maybe 8 miles in from Bear
+Lake, which took me around 11 hours, and 3 miles out to Trail Ridge
+Road which took about 10 hours :p. Take a look at [this deceptively
+non-topographic map][map]. The hike up to Trail Ridge from the bottom
+of Forest Canyon is up a mile in a mile, and it's about a third each
+of pushing through dense forest, bouldering, and open hiking. Took me
+about 7 hours, and I ripped the sleeve off my shirt :p. Had a good
+time though :).
Besides hiking, I cooked with Mom, talked about people's views on
homosexuality with my sister, defended my stuff from my niece, hung
out with my Aunt and the dogs, and learned a lot of family history :).
Good times.
+[RMNP]: http://www.nps.gov/romo
+[HG]: http://tremily.us/gallery/hayden_gorge/145-campsite-dot/
+[map]: http://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/upload/detailedmap.pdf
+
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