Karla Visits Summit ~ Into The Wild & Colorful 24Sep25

Kala grabbed Karla at COS and came to Summit for a quick hike in the wilderness with aspens ablaze. We dined at Sauce, watched some TaylorT, heard some tunes on the NestMT, took a hike, had a soak, and enjoyed the quick stop. The women are now off to Denver to have Korean BBQ with Matt and Letha. Nice start to a week together for the sisters as they wend to Kansas for an update with the cousins, the farmer, and else.

Ultimately the women peeled off at 3.3mi and headed back on Kala's favored route. I was determined to get there more directly but the trail over the next ridge north was closed. I had to climb toward Lily Pad on a "trail" (yeah, there was stuff in the way) high enough to cross the ridge. I texted Kala that she'd chosen wisely; not marrying me, just not following me.

Update 30Sep25... Karla & Kala returned from KS for a day in COS and I joined them for most of the day out. The women hiked the 'hood in the AM while I did some work and then we hit Sushi Row downtown for a nice juice box of Sake and some tasty raw fish. 

I am a Paul Thomas Anderson fan and he recently dropped his latest movie, 'One Battle After Another,' so I recommended we hit the theaters. The women were a bit dubious on some aspects but I was completely agog. This is PTA's best movie I think and there are awards to be had. Every minute, and there were 170 of 'em, was excellent. It's an anti-fascist film completed prior to the current administration, but very relevant and timely. 

Color Hikes In Summit With Kala & Letha ~ Augmented With ORB & AJs, Selling Mon Ami, And Visits With Browns 19Sep25-21Sep25

Kala came to meet me for some hiking among the aspen colors. It's on fire right now out in Summit. We first hiked out of the Nest into the Gore over Frisco. On the out I took a pan of our backyard as well as above Frisco; on the way back I caught a pan of Wildernest where we live. We're always looking for the orange aspens it seems; they are more rare and not displaying a state of their fall foliage but a particular strain of DNA in the aspens.

After hiking we hit Outer Range and Angry James for a beer and to grab some cans for guests. We also caught up with our friends the Browns at their place for a nice evening with them and their friends from Ohio.

On Friday we finalized the sale of Mon Ami and its trailer to Eric. We said 'bye bye' to our Beneteau First 235 for the last time. We were all excited for the transfer.

My sister came for the weekend. We took here out among the aspens and we saw some college football and the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ~ crazy qualifying day with many crashes and red flags.

RMNP - Alluvial Fan Picnic And Browns On The Fall River 12Sep18

Kala & I took an easy day and headed up to the Alluvial Fan section of the Fall River. Here, in 1982, the earthen Lawn Lk dam failed and tons of rock and sediment careened down the Roaring River and "dammed" the Fall River making instant ponds and lakes.Weird attraction as NPs go and no one was there on our arrival. We'd decided to fish the Fall River in this area and we did spook many wary brookies. I turned over a number of fish but landed just one nice brown. We had a great picnic and returned to the Moraine Pk to see a cool hawk circling for prey.