Peace and Tranquility

Hi All... I have spent alot of time "hangin'"
on my little deck at my adorable house so I
have not felt like hitting the computer, sorry!

This house would be exactly what I would order
up for myself in Austin if I could, but for
the fantasy life I am pretending that it is
mine. The lady who owns it lives here full time
and rents it out to people to make extra cash.
I talked to her last night and she just goes
out and travels in her travel trailer when it's
rented. She's really a cool old lady!

I've done a bit more hiking and went up to a
place called Island Lake at the top of Grant's
Swamp Pass. It was beautiful, marmots everywhere
and the weather changed faster than it does in
Texas and before I knew it, 40 mph winds and SNOW!
But 10 minutes later it was beautiful again...
crazy.

I've taken some time to cruise the area and
act a tourist as well, visiting the Big Foot
museum, watching the steam train come in and
visting the little ghost towns of Eureka and
Animas Forks which are just up valley from my
house. I've also drank alot of wine and watched
the stars, watched trash tv and done some
reading, lots of walking. It's good for the soul.
AND.. I actually miss home and good ole Austin
and all of you back in Texas, I will be home
soon.

Yesterday Marcy and I met the horse packers,
Ed and Mike, and hiked out with some gear to
our aid station at mile 94 of the 100 mile
race. The people we will see at that point
will be beat down and hallucinating most
likely by that point, I'll be sure to take
their pictures so you can see what insanity
looks like...
The hike in is about 4 miles (took us 1 hr
45 min) and most is on the Colorado Trail
out of the Little Molas Lake camp ground
and the last mile is cross country on a
sheep/deer trail. It is very beautiful,
Putnam Basin. We will go out Friday and
camp till Sunday morning. Today I'm going
to Durango to do our shopping and tonight
we meet with our radio/communication guy
and his family.

After the race is over I plan to spend
2 days with Kathy Uroda in Durango and
visit Mesa Verde Natl park before heading
back to Austin. The hard stuff is over
but I'm glad cause I am BEAT !!!

Till next time....