trip report

all is well, everyone safe... No drama on this trip except for a little lightning on our return hike, which doubled our normal pace. Dont get me wrong, it was fun and physically challenging.... and there was great scenery, but nothing like the Conundrum trip. Not a single obstacle that the doggies needed human assistance.

One of the highlights is Chritre's new camera, which when she was playin around with it friday night while we were waiting for fireworks she said 'I love you, camera'... or more like 'I nub ooooh, camewa' (it was funny, you had to be there)... Its an olympus stylus 1010... i think its 10 Mpixels... this thing takes amazing pics and is pocket size. There are some flowers in bloom along the trail we hiked and she got some really beautiful, artsy photos of the colorado state flower, the Columbine. We also took some photos of scenery that I know with my camera, for example, would have turned out like crap- you can either get a washed out sky with something in the foreground or try harder to get a non-washed out sky and lose the foreground- and still get a washed out sky... this camera did well with the scenery without doing anything fancy. Comparing this camera to mine or others that I have used is like comparing high speed cable internet to dial-up... there is no comparison.

Other important (to Gux) details: I did not settle into the regular bowel movement schedule, the trip wasnt long enough. Coco made up for that by having her ass open up like a faucet from drinking lotsa creek water, lake water, snow, etc. The liquishit express... I think shes better now.