We had spontaneous plans to go bike in Fruita and take advantage of the sunny dry weather. Right before leaving Will noticed liquid leaking out from his disc brakes. No way to fix that problem and leave by a decent time so we bagged it. Our misfortune was a blessing, had we left yesterday we would have spent last night at the Idaho Springs Red Cross Emergency Shelter situated in a local middle school, eating cup o noodles for dinner. So bad luck was good luck, yes?
This morning I woke up early got ski gear to get some pow at Abasin. Decided to check traffic on CDOT, hah, I-70 CLOSED both directions! It eventually reopened by 10 am, I pondered getting in the car and driving, but that would break my driving to play rule, which is: if driving to play must spend more time recreating than driving.
So here I sit on a rainy day blogging, which I haven't done since January. Will and I decided to get down to Denver and do the urban thing, check out art, vintage shops, famous pizza and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. A journey down there on the weekend is always in the plans, but never seems to come to fruition until the rain pours. The museum visit gave me inspiration to start creating again. Finally had to opporunity to see one of Damien Hirst's pieces up close and personal. Hirst is the most prominent member of the group known as "Young British Artists" and is the richest living artist to date. Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been dissected—in formaldehyde.
Sunday, finally made it up to A basin and fortunately got some fresh turns in all day hiking up on the ridge a bunch and the staircases provided ample face shots.
February treated my art world well, Angela Beloian and I showed our work at the Dairy Center for the Arts. A great priveldge to be able to show work, no sales, but stellar feedback. Now I need to get ready for the show at the Houston Art League this summer also with Angela.
March brought on the
memories of the annual Dojoe Memorial Uphill Downhill Event. Fantastic weather, great costumes and skiing. Thespring backcountry looks like it will be good. Hoping to get out and ski in RMNP there are some peaks I'd like to ski.
We hope to be biking in the hot desert for a few days next week, unless it snows 4 feet....
We had spontaneous plans to go bike in Fruita and take advantage of the sunny dry weather. Right before leaving Will noticed liquid leaking out from his disc brakes. No way to fix that problem and leave by a decent time so we bagged it. Our misfortune was a blessing, had we left yesterday we would have spent last night at the Idaho Springs Red Cross Emergency Shelter situated in a local middle school, eating cup o noodles for dinner. So bad luck was good luck, yes?
This morning I woke up early got ski gear to get some pow at Abasin. Decided to check traffic on CDOT, hah, I-70 CLOSED both directions! It eventually reopened by 10 am, I pondered getting in the car and driving, but that would break my driving to play rule, which is: if driving to play must spend more time recreating than driving.
So here I sit on a rainy day blogging, which I haven't done since January. Will and I decided to get down to Denver and do the urban thing, check out art, vintage shops, famous pizza and the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. A journey down there on the weekend is always in the plans, but never seems to come to fruition until the rain pours. The museum visit gave me inspiration to start creating again. Finally had to opporunity to see one of Damien Hirst's pieces up close and personal. Hirst is the most prominent member of the group known as "Young British Artists" and is the richest living artist to date. Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been dissected—in formaldehyde.
Sunday, finally made it up to A basin and fortunately got some fresh turns in all day hiking up on the ridge a bunch and the staircases provided ample face shots.
February treated my art world well, Angela Beloian and I showed our work at the Dairy Center for the Arts. A great priveldge to be able to show work, no sales, but stellar feedback. Now I need to get ready for the show at the Houston Art League this summer also with Angela.
March brought on the memories of the annual Dojoe Memorial Uphill Downhill Event. Fantastic weather, great costumes and skiing. Thespring backcountry looks like it will be good. Hoping to get out and ski in RMNP there are some peaks I'd like to ski.
We hope to be biking in the hot desert for a few days next week, unless it snows 4 feet....
