Running Devil's Backbone on a HOT day!

Nice day for a trail run.  Saw a couple of deer.  Started after a tennis match so it got pretty hot near the end. Bring water.

Hike: Devils Backbone

Trails Used: Wild Loop to Main Bike Trail to Laughing Horse Loop to Hunter Loop to Main Bike Trail

Distance: 6.67 miles

Difficulty: Moderate

Overall average: 5.4 mph

Overall Time: 1 hrs, 13 min
Total Ascent: 752 ft. (doesn't seem like there is that much of an altitude change)

High Park Fire

I've been meaning to get these pictures up on my blog for some time now....This is the view from my backyard:

 over a couple of different days

 This was the view when I dropped the kids off for swim lessons this week:

 

This is the same view as above on one of the worst days yet.  The smell was awful!  Needless to say, we did not bike to swim lessons that day! (Notice that the mountains just disappeared.)

 

The helicopters and planes have been flying over us nonstop.

       

 This was last night coming home from Winter Park.

We have had some ash on our deck and in our yard and varying levels of smoke to deal with.  However, that is nothing compared to all those people who have lost their homes!  So sad.

Winter Park fun!

We went to Winter Park for Father's Day weekend.  The boy's went mountain biking and the rest of us hiked,

 Golden Banner

 

Oxeye Daisy

 Columbine

 

  

(someone decorated the teepee with mistletoe and a dream catcher)
biked, drank mojito's, went to the base and jumped around (fun but expensive),

 

 

 

and swam at the Rec Center pool (highly recommend, the pool has a cool water slide, lazy river, hot tub, toddler/preschool play area, and a diving board.)

We came home to a hot, scorching (97 degrees), and smoky day.

 

Ugh!  I hate when we have to run the AC all night and can't put on the whole house fan!  I can't wait for this fire to get under control.  It will be awhile since it's 99 degrees and windy today.