Good shit. I'm partial to Emerald Lake over Lake Irwin, but Emerald is a bit harder to get to due to the road getting there. Irwin is definitely larger and has a bit more to offer, but the scenery and tranquility of Emerald is a happy place for me.
Glad you had a good CB experience.
Not sure what your timeframe is for getting home, and actually I have no idea where you live, but I prefer going back to Austin via Alamosa. You avoid Monarch Pass. But added benefit is you pass by the Great Sand Dunes. Its worth adding a day to the trip home to go. Your kids will love it. Just get up early and go before it gets too hot.
Snodgrass was my morning routine with my dog for 3 weeks earlier this summer. I was working, so I'd get up and walk with him up to the trailhead and then usually time about 30 min before I had to turn around to make it back in time for a 745am meeting. I know exactly where that picture was taken on Teddy's Loop. Things have gotten a LOT dryer in the 2 weeks we've been home.
With 2 littles, I recommend driving out Slate River Rd. to Gunsight Bridge. Fun area to fart around in the water and walk around.
Or get up early and drive out to the Lower Loop Trailhead as far as you can go and walk Lower Loop. Easy for little ones.
Another recommendation is driving just past Gothic Townsite and hiking Judd Falls. Go early. It's quite easy, which makes it popular. But the kids will like it.
If you have bikes, they may like the Skate Park over by the Nordic Center. There's an area that little kids on bikes or balance bikes would like to ride around. There's a really cool bowl that adults and my 11 and 14 year old love as well (and Dad).
We got a nice little shower in Driftwood in the late afternoon yesterday. 10 min of really hard rain followed by about 10min of light rain. It immediately cooled everything off.
You'll have to excuse me...I'm a little slow. You're not saying Jimbo was stupid to take the Aggy job are you? Because from where I'm standing, that was brilliant.
Actually don't think I did that. But I wasn't far off. And I've averaged down over time like most others. Feels like I'm throwing good money after bad.
Not a doctor, but during allergy season, mixing benadryl, Zyrtec, and alcohol is not completely uncommon for me. Can't say I've ever tried meth for my allegies, though.
To be fair, I didn't click the 2nd link and read the article, as I assumed the gist was about the same. 2 pieces of shit. 1 dead. 1 committed to play football at UGA pissed away his opportunity
I am a certified ref, although I only ref about 15-20 games a year. The handball rule is one of the most subjective rules of the game. I ref lots of 7v7 games because I spend many hours as a volunteer and coach at that age group so I tend to migrate there as a ref, and the number of parents that go apoplectic anytime a handball isn't called makes me laugh. One time I stopped the game when parents were going apeshit and asked if any of them could tell me what the handball rules were, and if the answer was "the ball hits their hand", they were wrong. Crickets.
I actually agreed the Mexico handball wasn't a penalty. You are allowed to brace yourself when you fall.
We come to CB for 3-4 weeks every summer. We're currently on our last week of a 3 week trip. Late July-early August will mean just about any hiking trail in the area will be accessible because the snow will have all melted. We've done a couple high elevation hikes that were a little muddy, but not too bad. The rivers are running pretty low, which means in 3-4 weeks will be even lower. But there is still good fishing to be had.
If you are a hiker, I could fill your week with nothing but hiking suggestions. If anyone in your family likes to mountain bike, I can tell you all the good trails. The mountain itself has incredible downhill trails. There are bike jumps in town and a skate park where bikes are welcome. My boys and I can kill an entire afternoon at those 2 spots. If you like to disc golf, there's a course on the mountain.
Will you be in an SUV with 4WD or AWD? That will change some of my suggestions as far as hiking is concerned.
If you have a SUP, that opens up more possibilities as well.
Lots of places around here to sit with a cold beer and enjoy an unbelievable view.
Kathy Griffin wears a Kathy Griffin shirt?
She always struck me as the type of person that went to comedy to be self depreciating because she had no self esteem. She wasn't funny at all, but somehow she became somewhat successful. And then her low self esteem took over and she kept chasing some look that was never gonna happen for her. Holy fuck that is frightening.
Haven't seen it, but I want to. The buildup for this reminds me of when Days of Thunder came out. It's just Top Gun in a racecar.
Well, Top Gun was awesome, so sign me the fuck up.
Saw an article criticizing F1 because it's the same director as TG: Maverick, and it tries to be that in an F1 car.
Well, TG: Maverick was awesome, so sign me the fuck up. We need more movies like that.
We've been listening to the audiobook as a family, and we all love it. Made it about 3/4 of the way through on our drive to Colorado a week ago. Can't wait to finish it, but that's going to wait 2 weeks when we drive home.