We get chickadees in South Texas. Carolina chickadees.
Here in Colorado we get black-capped chickadees.
And mountain chickadees.
Here in Colorado we get black-capped chickadees. And mountain chickadees. Cross country running
Conner has joined the cross country team.
It’s not easy to watch a cross country race; it doesn’t all happen in one place, but we got the pre-race talk.
Early in the race.
The finish.
And right after.
Conner had a cheering section of at least six (family). Everybody cheered everybody. Good support. He came in about middle of the pack. A good time was had by all.
It’s not easy to watch a cross country race; it doesn’t all happen in one place, but we got the pre-race talk. Early in the race. The finish. And right after. Conner had a cheering section of at least six (family). Everybody cheered everybody. Good support. He came in about middle of the pack. A good time was had by all. Dog days of summer
It’s quiet here. It’s calm. It’s still warm. We should be looking at the Continental Divide, but there is a haze in the air from distant fires and we can’t even see past the foothills.
It’s like a dead-zone for birds. They’re all through claiming territories and raising young for the year. When I walk here I usually record 30 species. Yesterday I saw 8. We hung out a bird feeder.
A feeder here usually gets swamped by birds, but this trip it remains untouched. I guess we’re not usually here in August.
It’s like a dead-zone for birds. They’re all through claiming territories and raising young for the year. When I walk here I usually record 30 species. Yesterday I saw 8. We hung out a bird feeder.A feeder here usually gets swamped by birds, but this trip it remains untouched. I guess we’re not usually here in August. Driving the Jeep
Driving the Jeep, with lane sensing technology, is somewhat akin to driving a motorcycle with a rider on the back who is anticipating the corners and “helping” steer. You end up not only steering the corner, but steering the corrective steering. I think the lane control is a great safety idea, and I want to keep using it to get used to it, but we’ll want to adjust the sensitivity, or turn it off on winding mountain roads.
We sent out this picture of the motorhome and Jeep
It makes the Jeep look pretty small. So I took a picture from this angle for a better perspective.
Now the Jeep looks almost as big as the motorhome. I’m reminded of freight trains along the highway. They don’t put all the engines up front, they use distributed power. Imagine topping a hill with a 100 car train and maybe five engines altogether. On the way down the other side, the front engines will actually be holding back the momentum on the cars behind. Meanwhile, the engines at the back are still pushing the second half of the train uphill. If we fired up the Jeep and redesigned the tow gear to tolerate compression stresses, we could do the same thing with our setup! We’re at St Vrain State Park for a few days. 2017 Summer Trip Map Dinner with Becky and family!