From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:50:48 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Fix links and use reference link syntax in Colorado post. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27797dbf7c5021f46d98ed78f433217fe364e45e;p=blog.git Fix links and use reference link syntax in Colorado post. Translate physics.drexel.edu to tremily.us and apply other minor cleanups. --- diff --git a/posts/Colorado.mdwn b/posts/Colorado.mdwn index 858586f..eb8c3e2 100644 --- a/posts/Colorado.mdwn +++ b/posts/Colorado.mdwn @@ -1,29 +1,31 @@ [[!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 + [[!tag tags/fun]]