seven summits

Getting up to date on blogging is much like doing a pile of dishes...digital house-keeping.
The "seven summits" trail is in Rossland and is worth a visit.

starts with a lot of climbing...


fantastic views...


Klingon conferring with Alice...


Travis and Borg...


Alice coming...


Travis going...


Lunchtime...(they are smiling)...


Travis was the driving hero as we pushed on late at night to get home. As the eyelids began to drop and my brain slowly became mush I remember having a conversation with myself in my head...

me: I'm tired
.......time gone by....
me: Maybe I'll make myself look awake so I just appear non-talkative and not just a deadbeat passenger. (sit up 'straight')
.......time gone by....
me: I need to come up with some engaging conversation...
.......time gone by....
me: Maybe we can play a game....come up with words that start with the letter "a"...no, that's stupid
.......time gone by....
me: I wonder if Travis is falling asleep.

...then a bunny rabbit darted out...
Travis: "A rabbit just crossed the highway...I hope I didn't hit him!"
Me: "No, I don't think you hit him." Like I would know...but it was an opening to make myself appear awake.

.....some more time....

finally, some stimulating conversation came to mind...
Me: "I guess I'll have to give the bike a good cleaning."

..a little time gone by...

Travis: "Yup."

That was about it.

...a few weeks ago...keystone

This time, armed with more time and modern technology, actually got to the end of the trail. The un-blogged (and therefore non-existent?) previous attempt was last year.

The camp spot at head of trail...nothing like morning coffee with mountain views!


A view on the trail...I know there is technology to 'stitch' photos together quite nicely (and even erase people if you don't like them) but I don't know how it works.




Bikes! We all love bikes!

...a while ago...

Henkka and I met in Canmore for a weekend of meat and climbing.


I forget what routes we did but I do remember having chicken the first night and steak on the second night (and bacon covered mushrooms!).

The campground maps, although printed on semi-gloss with a paragraph on the back of each one, made for only marginally adequate plates.

...anyone see my wallet?

It's blue and has a very faded "fabulous las Vegas" on it. I'd very much like it back...with my id...and my 600 dollars.

I guess that's what you get for leaving it on the roof of your car and then driving off.

I'd like to think that all humans are honest.