Exciting Rockies playoff games. The Rockies won the first one. Before the second game, one of the television announcers was pondering the Phillies predicament and declared if they didn’t win the second game, they would have a big mountain to climb out of. The Rockies won that one too. The Phillies have a big mountain to climb out of. Last week on the way here, we stopped at the top of Wolf Creek Pass and had lunch. While watching the white crowned sparrows on the ground, we got swooped by a gray jay. What a treat! We get lots of blue jays, scrub jays, and steller’s jays, but we haven’t seen a gray jay in years. Two of them hung out within binocular range for about ten minutes. A busy week in Cortez is over already. Nice fall weather; a great variety of warm sunny days and rainstorms. Mostly, we just worked, but we got to sit in the front seats and have coffee each morning, watching the dawn as the sun rose from behind Mesa Verde. We’re happy to be here and would gladly stay longer, but… Tomorrow, Durango.
Football…
… is a stupid game. Pro football anyway. The Broncos couldn’t beat the Colts. Their strategy was to stop the run and make Manning throw the ball. They didn’t stop the run. They didn’t stop the throws either. College football is still good… unless you’re a Texas fan. They got spanked. But baseball… Baseball is still good. The Rockies get a 163 game season this year. They won 13 of their last 14 games, which sets them up for a one-game playoff with the Padres tomorrow to see who goes on to the post season.
I have a question
If fruits and vegetables are nature’s most perfect food; the building blocks of healthy diet; our first line of defense against disease; our balance and protection against that dreaded animal flesh … Why are Eskimos still alive? They live on fish and sea mammals. They eat meat. There isn’t anything else out there to eat. They’re not following a proper food pyramid.
Staffing
Last year we made great plans for 2007. We would find another person who wanted to travel around like we do, working with nonprofit organizations and split up the traveling audit load. We found that person early in the year but he didn’t work out. We kept after it though, and Casey Lynch found us. Casey is a CPA in Durango who has twenty-five years experience auditing nonprofit organizations so he is a perfect fit with us. He has worked with me off and on all summer. These last two weeks Casey has done the audit jobs and I have provided support; the week before from right there in Glenwood with him; this week, digitally from farther away. I have four more jobs scheduled this year. Casey has four more jobs scheduled this year too Now we’re making great plans for 2008.
Lathrop
We’re on the move again.Dinner and laundry at Becky’s house. A visit with Matt and the boys on the way out. A drive south on Interstate 25 in the wind. A stop for the night at Lathrop State Park in some weather.A good sports day. Colorado beat third ranked Oklahoma in Boulder. That makes Colorado number two, doesn’t it? If a person was interested in baseball, the Rockies would be fun to watch. They’ve won something like 11 out of their last 12 games; fifteen games or so over 500; but they have to win their remaining games and the Padres have to lose theirs for the Rockies to have a shot at the wildcard spot in the playoffs. Tonight the Rockies are ahead 11 to 1. The Padres lost in eleven today. They both play games again tomorrow.Go Rockies.Now the Broncos…. Yesterday’s newspaper announced their strategy for tomorrow’s game against the Colts. They mean to make Manning throw the ball. Nice strategy Broncos. How bad could Peyton Manning hurt you throwing the ball?Tomorrow, we head for Cortez. We’ll go west on highway 160, through Alamosa, the San Luis Valley, South Fork, over Wolf Creek Pass, through Pagosa Springs, and Durango. If we leave early, we should be able to catch all of the afternoon Bronco game.