Rocky Mountain National Park

September 27, 2008 By 1 Comment

Bob and I took a day trip to Rocky Mountain National Park which sits on over 265,000 acres. On the way there I called Mom to let her know where we were going in case we got lost and she needed to send out a search and rescue crew. One of the first things we saw in the park were elk hanging out and grazing. We even heard a few “talking”. They kind of sound like a yell/screech. Then they started running around. They are pretty big creatures.

We drove up a one-way dirt mountain road to an elevation of almost 12,000 feet- more than 2 miles high! Bob kept threatening to veer off the road.

Along the way we saw a waterfall which was a result of a broken dam back in 1985 and it spilled over 29 million gallons of water. Bob and I tried to climb up a few rocks to get closer to the waterfall. I tried to prove that Croc’s can be used for climbing boulders but that just isn’t true. Note to self: listen to Bob when he tells me to wear sneakers. Bob enjoyed taunting me by saying rattlesnakes were in the park and then we ended up actually hearing a few rattle! I am terrified of snakes. Another note to self: carry a baseball bat to either beat up a snake if attacked, or beat Bob when he lies about a snake being next to me.

We saw another natural waterfall further down the dirt road which was just as pretty as the first. Besides the water, there were too many other beautiful views to count. A few hours later of going 8 mph, we made it to the top of a mountain and it was snowing! There was a small visitor’s center at the top which doesn’t have any electricity – it is run on a generator since it is so isolated. After a brief stop at the top, we found a paved road and began the journey back to the bottom of the park. Overall- a very good day!

Filed Under: Adventure, Fun, Outdoors

An adventurous day

September 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Bob and I took the advice of my co-worker and took a little trip to Boulder Falls and the town of Nederland today. Boulder falls is a small waterfall in the middle of a mountain and it feeds into a mountain stream.

From there, we drove another 20 minutes further into the mountains to the tiny town of Nederland- Population: 1400, Police officers: 2, things to do: 3. Eat, fish, or raise money for a skate park the town is trying to build.The town was established 150 years ago as a mining town and now is a mountain getaway town for people that don’t want to live in a city. It sits near a pretty large reservoir that boats are not allowed on, but people can trout fish from the shoreline.

We found the town visitor’s center- which wasn’t hard considering there were pretty much 3 streets in the town. The guy working there suggested a restaurant called “Sundance” that has great mountain views- so we stopped there for dinner. It was delicious and the views were amazing! From there, we stopped to get ice cream at the town book store. Yup- a tiny place that serves as the town book store, coffee shop and ice cream shop.

On the way back home I decided I wanted to see Pearl Street- the most well-known street in downtown Boulder. You can’t drive down it. It is paved with bricks and is great to stroll around and check out locally-owned shops and restaurants. The Fall Festival happened to be going on and there was a live band with lots of people dancing- including a tall string-bean of a man in tight bike shorts and a fanny pack. Interesting. Bob found a festival vendor selling hats and decided he wanted to look like a poor British man from 1894, so he got this hat:

I think he looks cute.

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Overdue Update, New Site Name

September 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Sorry its been awhile… we’ve been busy out here! You’ll notice the site is now CodaAndPaco.com to reflect our current crazy pets.

So to get you up to speed, yes we moved again after only a couple months in Highlands Ranch, CO  to Broomfield, CO.

Here are pictures of our place.

Yes it stunk to have to move again, but I got a great job offer out of a company in Boulder, CO that just seemed like the right move to make. Its a small startup company (25 people or so) in a fast-moving market of the internet (social networking for enterprise companies) called Hivelive. Its a company with a whole lot of really smart people, and we already have a great product. Essentially my job is to help make the product even better and take it to a whole new level. Its great to find myself smiling during the day for no reason other than I enjoy what I’m doing. Its also cool to have a stake in the company’s success.

HiveLive

On to other things.

Coda is doing well with his surgery. We had xrays done and the bone is filling in and healing where its supposed to. He shows basically no signs at this point that he ever had surgery as far as how he behaves. He is actually pretty frustrated that he still isn’t allowed to play. He has another 6 weeks before we can start playing with him off leash at all… and probably another 18 weeks until he is considered 100% back to normal. So hopefully he’s right on schedule.

Paco was neutered today, and since he has got home he has been absolutely crazy… literally bouncing off walls, bouncing off Coda, and crashing into things. We figured the less testosterone might mellow him out! Watch Paco’s Movie… click below:

Jen also had her first day of work today, and so far so good. She has an office with a view of the mountains (lucky) and she says all the people are extremely nice. So she’s excited. She’ll be doing very similar work to what she was doing at Trout… customer service type stuff for their members. The company is called Nita which stands for National Institute for Trial Advocacy. They are kind of continuing education for lawyers… they do a lot of seminars with mock trials to train lawyers on the right way to do things.

That’s about all that is new around here!

Catch ya soon!

Filed Under: Fun, Home, Travel, Work