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Sunday, July 2, 2017

Mount Ida @ 12,888 ft.

Katherine and I made it into Rocky Mountain National Park for a hike in some altitude. We have been talking about doing a 14'er sometime this summer, so we thought we would try a hike that started at a pretty high altitude with good altitude gain. Our original intent was to make it to peak 12,150, which is about a mile and a half from the summit of Mount Ida. There was only one turn off on the entire hike to go to Peak 12,150, and we missed it. We knew we missed it after the fact, so we decided to summit Mount Ida instead. The hike started at an elevation of 10,759 Ft. on the Continental Divide at Milner Pass. From there we hiked South of the Continental Divide towards the Pacific Ocean. We summited at Mount Ida 4.6 miles later at an elevation of 12,888 Ft.

The total elevation gain (there and back) was 2,496 Ft., which is much more than we have done in any other hike. We didn't spend much time at the summit because some clouds were rolling in. We wanted to make it below the tree level before any serious weather hit. Luckily, we made it all the way back to the car without getting any rain, but by the time we were half-way down the mountain, the summit was getting pounded with rain. We heard thunder a few times on the hike back, but never saw lightning. We saw several people hiking up while we were hiking down which we both thought was stupid. One person even asked us if the storm had passed the summit, in which Katherine and I both thought the person was an idiot for knowingly hiking into a storm.

Overall, it was a difficult hike that neither Katherine or I was prepared for. The 9.3-mile round trip hike took a total of 4 hours, 45 minutes. We were moving for just under 3 hours of that time.

Along the Snowy TrailPhotographer in the CornerSmiling HikerUp the HillMount Ida SummitMorning WalkDead TreesWannabe MountainOut of the Tree LineRocky RockiesAlong the TrailLakesLong PathMarmot on the RockRocky PrairieBig PuddlesWild ButterflyOver the RidgeKatherine at the SummitInkwell LakeHungry MarmotSummit KissAt the TopMount JulianBighornThrough the TreesAntlersSmall Cliff

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

4th of July

Happy 4th of July! This year we lit a bunch of fireworks off at our new house. The neighborhood was pretty loud on all the days leading up to the 4th, so we figured that it was a good neighborhood to join in on the fun!

Lots of FunFountain in the TreeMini BombSparksSpinning

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Coyote Ridge

Katherine and I made a quick hike up Coyote Ridge. We didn't want to do anything too strenuous, so this is what we came up with. The hike took us an hour and 45 minutes and was a total of 4.2 miles. The elevation gain was only 581 feet, so it wasn't that difficult of a hike.

On the PathHappy HikerQueen of the RockIn the ValleyPatchy CloudsThe Other Side

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Denver Zoo

Katherine and I went to the Denver Zoo today. We meet one of Katherine's high school friends and her son there for a day at the Zoo! It wasn't too hot and it was overcast all day, so it was a really nice day at the zoo! I ended up taking more photos of non-animals than I did of animals, but that's okay because I've seen all these animals plenty of times.

PointyBlue CactusKatieDinosaur!CoelophysisStegosaurusCuddling LemursBlue HeadPurple CenterCaptain AmericaKissingBlue HeadRawr!T-RexGoofballsCotingaPreview of our Africa Trip4lb MolarsDilophosaurusLittle Showoff

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Blow Up

The Loveland Arts and Culture Museum has a special exhibit going on; Blow up inflatable contemporary art. Katherine and I have known about it for several weeks but never went. This weekend, we decided to stop by and see what it was all about. It was a room (with a fairly low ceiling) filled with massive inflatable pieces. It was pretty wild and funny.

Nose KissWhite ElephantBleeding EyeStreaksLongBig DogBeauwoahzeauBeauwoahzeau Close UpParanirvanaRoom of InflatablesKatie

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