last float trip of the season

it was fantastic!... worked til 6 fri, got on the road about 7:30... got to the camp site about 11:30, laid it down about midnight... up all night with horrible diarrhea and was happy in the am when i knew it was food poisening and not a 48hr gi bug going around... felt much better... then we went and got the rafts ready and set off around noon-ish... great float and landed at our campsite just in time for a rain/hail deluge... but got the tents up and the 10x10 up with the mr heater and all where warm and toaty... had a great dinner of chicken alfredo and then listened to music... all stayed up and had a fire cept me since i was so tired from the night before... slept long and hard and packed up camp, had a great hike and hit the water again... nice float then got the boats packed up and drove home, unpacked and brad is passed out next to me... gotta work early tomorrow but need a vacation from my weekend...
GREAT company including Josh (married to Claire and all around great guy who saved both their lives in a snow cave last winter), Claire (hard core awsome nature conservationist), Anna (a rocket scientest we just met), Jason (architect/musician) and Eliot (nature guide extrordinaire and going to nursing school).
TOTALLY FUN... Good night :)

Fall...

This has been the most incredible fall I have experienced in Aspen yet. Unbelievably beautiful days. I tried to take pictures of the incredible leaves but that didn't work out so well. I am not a great photographer (especially with my palm pre). Unfortunately the days are getting shorter and it is again dark when I wake up and by 7pm so no late night hikes anymore. Clifford and I had some amazing hikes this week and weekend since it was a relatively easy week and discovered some new really remote spots not too far from home. Again unfortunately, I will make up for this weeks awesome time off next week with a 70 hour week between M-F but then we hope to go rafting with friends next weekend if the weather remains the same. Brad is arranging that trip. He had a great weekend of music, motorcycling and Aikido and came back totally exhausted but thrilled with how well everything went.
Not much else new... hope all is well with everyone reading this.
Good night and good week!

10/10/10

Another week went by... Work is good and again thankful daily for our new PA who has been fantastic. Took Clifford to the vet for his yearly check up and he passed. Had mine and passed (so far)... still have to get fasting blood work and mammo/bone density but that will be this week. Saw a friend in a play Fri night and she was fantastic. She even did several jokes in Portugese and did a great job. Hiked A LOT this weekend and enjoyed every minute. Took Brad's folks out for their 51st anniversary to a GREAT resteraunt that had a locals off-season special and it was impressive with amazing food and a great experience (really high end).

On to another week of work, hiking, life and maybe jury duty on Fri... YUCK...

Sent out an invitation to our "The Sky is Falling" party in Nov...

Til next time...

no pix this week

Returned to work after a great time camping last weekend. There has been another spectacular week of Indian Summer weather this week. Worked and hiked on my day off. Continued to teach Shinta to drive (she went on the highway this week) and then Saturday night spent sleeping out at a friend's house up for the return of their Open Heart Jam consisting of friends, music, art and enetertainment. Then woke up this morning, did a big shop, hiked up Aspen mountain for the last day of the season they had it open for down-loaders and crashed a great party at the top. After that went out to dinner with Brad's folks and now getting ready for work again tomorrow.
Another week of work and who knows what will happen next weekend.
Hope you all had a good week!

another fantastic camp...

Another week of work... no change there but great once again to have our new staff member who is VERY helpful... then this weekend I worked Sat am (yesterday) before going home for a 2 hour hike, getting some errands done and then packing it up to go camping again. This time was supposed to be "family camp" but all the families cancelled last minute so it was Brad/Clifford/me and a friend (he had the tent). We decided not to put up a tent and had a great time with an awesome dinner of salmon, lemon rissoto, ravioli, thai chicken rice wrap and smores... then got entertained by Brad at the fire... Clifford and I went hiking this morning after waking up to some serious frost and then came back to the sun fully up and drying our campsite... got home (twas only over the pass so just a short bit out of town) and unpacked, did laundry and now soon off to a Sukkah party then dinner and a movie for date night for Brad and I. Then back to work tomorrow. Overall a GREAT weekend, fun filled and action packed.

WHAT AN AWESOME WEEKEND... B's Bday event

What a fantastic weekend! AND life is going to be so much better from now on... Ok so we finally have help at work so no more 100 hour weeks YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Got to sleep in Fri and had a wonderful day working with teaching Shinta to drive, hanging out with a friend who is ready to pop with her second baby, going to dinner at Brad's folks and then to a party. Then Sat am got up and packed up the car and went up to Lincoln Creek on Independence pass for a fantastic B-day celebration with Brad and many friends. The weather, food, company and activities couldn't have been better. It was spectacular all around. Needless to say it was the perfect way to start a much better next year without being overworked all the time. I am even looking forward to another weekend of camping at "family camp next weekend" at a site just over the pass with hopefully more friends/food and wonderful scenery!!! :) The pix below just says it all!

relief, hanging lake etc

FINALLY THE CRAZY WEEKS ARE OVER! Our new PA started Friday and she is fantastic so she will be working full time and it will be significantly more reasonable for us. No more 100 hour weeks (or at least not regularly) YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
I really only had about a 50 hour week and unfortunately had to say goodbye to one back staff I really liked since her boyfriend got into law school in Denver and she decided to move with him. We have some great people hired but still it is hard when we lose a good one.
Other than that today I got to hang out with Kay and Derryl and hiked to Hanging Lake. SO this summer I have done 2 hikes I have wanted to do for 11 years (Sopris and Hanging Lake). This was an easy hike comparitively in that it was only about 1.25 miles up for about 1000 foot gain. It was steep but beautiful BUT WAY OVERCROWDED. I am not into sharing nature with that many people. It was good to catch up with K and D though so overall a great day!
On to a more mellow week (YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) AND B's bday :)