7-31-13

Me: My new haircut.

7-30-13

Me: Jumping Cholla on our sunrise hike.

7-29-13

Me: Bob looking handsome in his stylish specs. This year Bob's eyes and mine have taken a turn for the worse. Bob now needs to have his glasses handy for flying and reading. I'm still ok without glasses but definitely see a change in my eyesight too.

7-28-13

Me: Family Portrait.

7-27-13

Me: Bob & I are advertising The Volkswagen now. That's us on the billboard above. Ok, that's not us on the billboard. A friend texted us this pic today since he thought the couple looked like Bob & I. I think it kinda does too. Now if we could only collect the modeling $.

7-26-13

Me: Harley hiding from the thunder yesterday. She hates it. :-(

7-25-13

Me: Bob flew to Aruba and had some time to look around...

Looks like a pretty cool place!

7-24-13

Me: Home Sweet Home. <3

7-23-13

 Me: The ice that froze our A/C unit. All is fixed and the house is cool again.

Here is some left over mud from the kitchen flood. Cleaned it up and scheduled a landscaper to address the drainage problem from our neighbor's yard. Glad we hadn't installed our new kitchen cabinets or flooring yet.

7-22-13

Me: Miles and Miles.

I drove home today. I think it took me 8 & 1/2 hours. I was well rested and stopped frequently for snacks (i.e. peanut butter M&M's, Pringles and a DQ chocolate malt) to keep me alert. I returned home to Harley (which was awesome) and a broken air conditioner and flooded kitchen (not so awesome).

7-21-13

Me: Telluride Camp is over and most of the Vitesse friends are heading home today. I took Bob to the Montrose airport at 4am to catch a 6:15am flight to Denver and then Miami. I am staying one more night in Telluride to rest and pack before driving back to Phoenix tomorrow. 

Here is a photo from last night's gathering in Mountain Village. It was a lovely evening. We ordered pizza, played games in the astroturf area and then relaxed around the fire pit. Can't thank our Telluride hosts, Dean and Highly enough for housing all of us. It was a fun 4 days of biking, hiking, rock climbing, eating and laughs. 

7-20-13

Mt. Wilson

14,252 ft.

July 20, 2013

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This morning Bob, Rich & I set out early to summit Mt. Wilson. This would be Rich's 46th Colorado 14'er in his quest to climb all 54. This would be my 7th CO 14'er and Bob's 1st in the state. Bob & I both hiked Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft) in California a few years ago. 

After hiking over a bunch of jagged rocks we reached the Rock of Ages saddle. From here we got our first view of Mt. Wilson (Bob is pointing to Mt. Wilson). We have to hike down into the valley behind him and then up a steep ascent.

Down we go.

 At the bottom of the valley we can't find the trail that goes up. Bob and Rich pull out the map and we all search for cairns that mark the path.

 Back on track and heading UP.

The higher we got, the looser the scree and the slower we went. 

It was a tough climb and hard to find the proper way (not marked as well as other trails). I felt sketched out at times because of the unstable terrain. :-(

 A view down as we near the top.

 The top is just a few feet away! 

 Bob and Rich go for it! Yikes.

On the summit!

While they showed off their rock climbing skills I had a PB&J sandwich and...

enjoyed the scenery! :-)

Summit shots: 

Rich. #46 CO 14'er.

Bob. #1 CO 14'er

Jane. #7 CO 14'er

We did it!

Mt. Wilson is ranked as one of the harder/more dangerous 14'ers in CO (I can see why) and because of that it wasn't my favorite.

 The Marmot-eers!

Our team name. :-)

On the way down and into the valley.

 Back off the scree, eating a snack and looking back up at Mt. Wilson.

I like this shot.

Still have a ways to go. Hiking to the Rock of Ages Saddle and then down again.
Lucky we had good weather for 8 hours of adventure.

 At the Rock of Ages Saddle. It's all down hill from here!

 My sherpas. :-) 

It was so awesome to hike with Bob!

He and Rich made sure we were safe.
Success!