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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
Sorry, I didn't mean to abandon ya.
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You're welcome.
Why are we s'posed to remind you?
Heh...I hadn't even thought of that. That'd be an even worse reason to name her that!
If I have kids, they're all getting nice boring, solid names, if I have anything to do with it. Anthony is about as crazy as I'm willing to go. And there's NOTHING wrong with good old names like John and James and such, spelled without odd letters or double n's or anything. For example, there's a student at the college named Justinn. WHY?
I like Hogan's books... some of them... he got kinda silly on the libertarianism. "The Proteus Operation" was, I thought, an interesting twist on the usual time-travel story. And "Bug Park" is a book I sometimes recommend to kids just getting into SF.
Adventure summary coming up...
Now THAT is one nice looking banner! And two nice looking fellas. ;-)
I'm waiting for your pending adventure summary....
I started out by driving to Estes Park, a town about 25 miles from Fort Collins, in the foothills. It's at about 7000 feet. This is a picture on the way, similar to the sort of view I get every day.
Then I went to Rocky Mountain National Park and took the Trail Ridge Road, which stays at between 10,000 ands 13,000 feet most of the time. These two pictures are at a scenic point near the start of the road, probably at 9000 feet.
See the road in this next picture? I'd just finished driving that section. I'm at about 10,500 feet there.
Ok, the next few are from the coolest - and coldest! - part of the day. The road went above treeline to tundra. It looks really boring, but it's kind of cool that these plants can survive at such altitudes and climates. The view up here was astonishing! But it got cold.
Came down the mountain and stopped at the continental divide:
Then I drove out of the park and made a long loop south and east, coming home by way of Denver. All told, about 200 miles. It was a gorgeous, gorgeous day from driving. Beautiful scenery, too.
Ooops! Ping to 6489.
Watching Office Space? That sounds greeeat. ;-)
What a gorgeous place to live, Jen! And you are looking very lovely!
Mountains.....*wistful sigh*
I love my mountains. It's so nice to get to go out and look at them - I've got to do this again at least once before the snow starts.
Come out and visit me, I'll show you around!
Thanks! I will definitely do that one day, Jen. Colorado has always been on my list of Places To See.
Having a friend there only makes it more inviting.
What gorgeous pictures! I'm sooo glad you documented your trip so we could live vicariously! So...are there hiking trails near these places where you stopped? I'm assuming the answer is yes...
My day wasn't much of an adventure, unless you count one very attractive non-traditional student, who had me stuttering. Or stuttering more than usual, I should say. I'm not good at speaking off the cuff, which is basically what we did all day today, at least until I kinda came up with a mental script...
BTW, for some reason I never knew the meaning of "Contentintal Divide". That is VEY interesting.
*grin* I love that scene and the music.
I think I'm gonna check out the TV's offerings tonight too. Be back later.
I've really gotta see that movie someday...
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