Widespread Panic at Red Rocks

What a fantastic weekend - Attended the WSP show Friday night with some buddies and had a wonderful time at Red Rocks. During intermission I made my way down to the stage to talk to some people I knew working the show and they asked if I wanted to work Saturday's show. Hell yeah! My post was front stage left and I got to jam for hours. No Sugar Tonite was amazing, as well as Stir It Up yesterday. That's right - made it to all three shows! Just like the good ol days.....

The guy with the T shirt (Family Guy for those of you wondering what the hell the T shirt is) has a raft and invited me on a trip. Three person oar raft with coolers that hold ice for 21 days. I'll keep you posted.

Working Snoop Dogg / 311 Tuesday then STP Wednesday. Thinking of attending Sean of the Dead tonite - movies at Red Rocks.

On the way out of the show last night some yahoo ran right in to the back of my car!!! Remember the incident from, say 5-6 weeks ago when someone backed into my car at Red Rocks? Some luck. Minor damage but still.... And he denied hitting me! I got out of the car and said WTF - you just hit me! He said "no I didn't". Whatever. The cops were standing right there and heard it so they got his information to me. Idiot. Now I have to go back to the body shop AGAIN. Maybe I can get a rental car for the weekend though.......

Headed to Salida Friday to hike and raft on the Arkansas (through the Royal Gorge too) Saturday. We're getting a cabin for the weekend.

Maroon Bells camping trip

My friend Ambereen and I drove to the Aspen area last Friday afternoon to camp for the weekend. We set up camp at Lincoln Gulch after driving nearly three miles on a road which was best suited for a 4x4. I don't think Enterprise would like to see any pics of their Mitsubishi tearing up that hill. Found a stunning campsite (#10) with a great view and close proximity to a stream.
Got up Saturday and drove to Aspen where we parked and took the bus to Maroon Bells, the most photographed mountains in the US. We walked to Maroon Lake then took a trail to Crater Lake about 1.6 miles away. Look at the pic I took of North Maroon Bell - halfway up on the right you can see what looks like a face - black eyes, nose and mouth. We climbed up that rock slide to the base of a waterfall. On the way, we passed through a campsite where a group of people were tearing down. Ambereen asked them if they hiked a fourteener and they said they did, and skied down! Crazy people out here, I tell ya.
Had dinner in Aspen then back to the campsite. The stars were out in full force and we could hear the rushing water. There was a fantastic water feature where the rocks were carved by the snow melt over the years. I'll post pics of that later. Best water I've ever tasted (of course I used my H2O filter)!!!
Got up Sunday and drove to the Grotto a mile up the road. Another cool short hike with ice caves and a waterfall. Perfect weather and a wonderful time. Great way to start the camping season!!!

Rockies vs Tribe & Ray's 40th

Made it to two ballgames last week. Tuesday and Thursday - Rockies vs The Tribe. Tribe lost three in a row. Bummer. Went with Cathy, ray and Kerry on Tuesday and took Gayle & Hillary on Thursday. $10 tix from King Soopers - great deal for great seats!

Ray had a surprise 40th birthday party on Wednesday at Perfect Landings, a restaurant at the Centennial airport. His wife did a great job keeping everything a secret. They walked in and I was sitting at the bar - priceless look on Ray's face! Good times.

Time flies...when you're having fun!

2 weeks since my last post? I'm a slacker! Lots going on. Let's see. I'm working out / running at least six days a week. Getting in better shape so I can enjoy life out here.

Last Thursday was a great day - Hit the gym for a great workout in the morning then went to a Rockies game at 1 pm. Scored a nice parking spot and picked up a great seat for $10 from a scalper out front. It's amazing what you can get at the bottom of the third. They lost, but it was a gorgeous day. Then I ran over to Fossil Trace to meet Ray for 9 holes. Never played the back and carded a 42. With a 5 on a par 3. Missed two other birdie putts. Still pretty happy with that.

Last night was my first show to work at Red Rocks. Did I get the call for the Cure? No. REM? No. Cheryl Crowe? Nada. The Australian Bee Gees. WTF??
Oh well. That venue is amazing. Apparently I am low man on the totem pole.
I'm going to see Mark Knopfler on the 24th and Widespread Panic after that.

Looking to go camping next weekend to break things in. Planning a trip to the Silverton Durango narrow guage railway for my birthday. We'll take a train to the back country where they will let us off in the middle on nowhere so we can hike to any of three fourteeners that have very limited access by road. Good times!