The Mighty Hunter!

It was a warm day and more of a work-out than both of us had anticipated. Marley (lucky dog) was able to cool off in the streams as we passed by. There were plenty of them and he didn't mind a bit that I changed his name to "Mr Filth".

Once cool enough, it was time to hunt - for a suitable rock companion.

The aim is to use surprise to stun it so it doesn't get away!!! Marley pounces!

Then stops to clear the water from his nose, in the only way he can.

Victory.

This rock is coming home with us... another 1.5 hours riding in Marley's mouth should see us there. And no, I didn't teach him this.

A Walk In The Woods

Marley and I headed out for a couple of hours of hiking. We began at the South Boulder Trail head and headed west toward the Flatirons, aiming for the Mesa Trail which would take us to Chautauqua - in about 6 miles.

Those foothills are further than they look and it took us an hour to get to Mesa Trail.

Most of the trail was uphill and apparently I am not in the shape I thought I was!

We were never to going to make it to Chautauqua this afternoon, on time for my next client appointment.

Luckily for us, Osman was on-call for a pick-up and an hour later we pushed our sweaty and exhausted selves up the last hill to NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research)and to the waiting 4-runner.

I may not be in the best shape, but was definitely not expecting to be sore for 3 days after this moderate 2.5 hour hike.

It's hard to say if my butt or ego was hurting more in the following days... Actually, it was definitely my butt!