Red Rocks open space, the govenment and trail building

Usually, I don't think that the government is really good at much of anything...


but in fact colorado springs government has made a couple great decisions. The first of which was their purchase of Red Rocks open space. Luckily, they did not ruin it. I was out at Red Rocks helping clear the corridor for a new trail and it was amazing how much fun it is to just work. Of course the volunteer opportunity came through the man, but still it is helping to build a trail. The greatest aspect of the day was the expertise of the girls heading up the trail building. I think that I learned more about good trail building on one day then I have in all the weeks I have helped out with trail building.

Go to Red Rocks open space the trails have great curves!!!

terror!!! where???

I know this will seem callous but while the shootings were a tragedy, the murders at Blacksburg should just put how safe the US is in perspective because so many other places in the world are so much worse off. Anywhere 32 people getting killed is horrible but places like Sudan and Iraq have so many more native people getting killed and we rarely hear about it. It is just like we see a daily countdown of soldiers killed in Iraq but was is the toll on the locals. How many 10's of thousands or hundreds of thousands are getting killed...

Back to Cactus

I am back...

When I was looking for a job I had changed my e-mail and cell phone to Eric which tends to get some really weird reactions. I went in and changed everything back today. I am now cactus again... Even at work!!!

On other notes the yurt still progresses. I have ordered a couple different plans and have been sketching different designs. I am excited... the possiblities are building up. Now to find the land with the perfect view.