From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:52:12 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Importing NanoBlogger post "Colorado" X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=398c4a3606eed7e666670c9fe17d9e985c817b59;p=blog.git Importing NanoBlogger post "Colorado" --- diff --git a/posts/Colorado.mdwn b/posts/Colorado.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2cc1ccf --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/Colorado.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +[[!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 +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. + +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. + +[[!tag fun]]