Early Summer Battle

 
Rowan says, "Let's go outside and hit each other with swords!" Kai responds quickly, "Yeah!" 

KND Critique

 
Kai is analyzing the character development in Kids Next Door. Our pal (in a purely audience sense) Mo Williams writes the wrongs of the show. 

Coyote Ridge

 
Rowan's the only person I know who looks good wearing orange. 

Ruins of Crags Hotel

 
Over the weekend, the boys and I hiked to the ruins of Crags Hotel which burned down in 1912. This site can be reached from the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail in Eldorado State Park just south of Boulder. After climbing 1200 feet, it's amazing to me that they could even build a resort up there. The path is about three feet wide and rocky. See my other blog for a picture of more of the ruins, specifically broken china and glass. 

Basking

 
This fellow was enjoying the top of the dam. A couple ahead of us pointed him out to the boys. 

Castlewood Dam

 
We hiked to the top of the dam. Huzzah! 

Longest Bridge

 
This is the crossing of Cherry Creek just upstream of the Castlewood Dam. The boys have been doing some great hiking already this year. They seem to have started up the season at four miles sans complaint. Maybe we could get up to six by the end of the summer. They still have a rather staccato walking pace -- run then stop at a bug, run then stop at a flower, run then flirt with coeds.