stilll spring

22 this morning, a little cool, but still seasonal for early April, as was the 3" we had the other morning. Not going to race at Nathrop tomorrow. Kinda bummed about it, but there isn't really much I can do when I need to be at work. I can at least go out for a good lake loop tomorrow at lunch, snow permitting. Auto pic loading with BlogThis! isn't working straight from Picasa anymore. I still have some pics from the zoo which are somewhere in cyberspace. I will have to upload them the old fashioned way tonight.

first ride with the new trailer

it was prety blustery today, but after work I took Alina out for a short spin around town. the new Burley is much more maneuverable. I think Alina digs it too, and it's more comfortable in the harness and seat for her.

 

riding the path

this photo, courtesy of Mark Fox, was in today's Summit Daily News. Not sure what I was doing with my left hand on what looks like my stem or top tube.

wknd

had fun Sunday at the zoo. Shelly, Chris & Georgia went with us. Got some good pics I need to upload here tonight. Yesterday I rode down at Red Rocks again. The trails are in great shape there. 4 hours in the saddle will get me fit, eventually. Glad it's April here. Roads are dry, and the mountain still has about a 60" base. Soon enough it will all be gone. Looking forward to Easter. I am sure Alina will have fun also on Saturday at the Easter egg hunt.

from the top of Dakota Ridge

thanks to Mary, this was the 2nd Monday in a row I was able to zip down to Denver and ride my mtb for 4hrs. great riding on the 5.5 still. low 70s with a breeze. still managed to enjoy a good sweat, dripping down my forehead, into my sunglasses, and down on my top tube...it was awesome. I love sweating, as it doesn't happen that much in Brecke. I vaguely remember how much I used to hate sweating in New Orleans, esp. when you were hardly even exerting oneself, just walking in the thick humid air. yuck.

more from the bath...

birthday suit...

bath time

very happy



cleaning her face



but shot

another early morning pic

Since I've been uploading new "winter" exteriors to our site all day, I thought I'd throw up another random scenic I shot while cruising down Kings Crown Rd by Beaver Run.

camera phones

so yes I am still on the hunt for a better one to help me mobile blog with more details. but I am not so easily getting sucked into the megapixel war. they don't mean jack compared to a quality lens. The k790a still seems like the leader of the pack for now.
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We're skeptical about the value of a 5-megapixel camera on this phone. There’s mounting evidence that pixel count means nothing compared to the quality of the camera lens. We've seen plenty of 2-megapixel cameras on phones recently that produce images no more usable than a simple VGA camera. More megapixels just means you get a really large lousy image. We don't think people will give up their digital cameras until the lens quality on phones catches up with what you'd expect from a low-end standalone camera. While the 5-megapixel number places the Samsung F700 clearly at the high-end, the proof will be in the images.

Four O'Clock road

yesterday morning I was taking some early morning exterior shots of those properties that had good morning sun (eastern exposure). I snapped this from next to Riverbend, with Baldy mt. in the background. pretty chilly morning.

pretty nice view

looking west from our office this morning.

cold start

it was .3 degrees when I left around 6:30a to come to work. I think b/c the skies cleared last night after the snow stopped. Luckily it is spring time here, so we got up to almost 40 today and lots of nice sun to start melting the roads. hacked it up good on the courts last night. Casey & Chris crushed Tom and I, 2-6, 2-6, 3-6. ouch. hit the clinic today to work on my skills, still lots of improvement needed. But soon, my winter sport of tennis will make way for more saddle time. Luckily I did lots of riding the last couple weeks, b/c this week the weather has me opting not to ride. I think I will squeeze in a ride tomorrow though, and definitely on Monday.

winter

is back for a bit. woke up to a couple inches on the ground, light snow and 17 degrees. first time in several week it has been below 25 in the morning. Good for the snow and the last couple busy weeks of the ski season. Denver is actually supposed to get more than us, I think 5-10" down there, and maybe 3-6" up here. Hopefully Red Rocks melts out by Monday's planned mtb ride. Otherwise I can take out the road machine. Not as fun, but just as good for getting back in shape. Tennis tonight, pretty psyched about that.

good camera phone

this one is about one of the best cameras on a cell phone, 3.2MP and fairly good quality. as you can see in some posts below, it won't take a much better camera phone to get better images than the Razr is giving me. But this Sony Ericsson model is about $350, and I'd have to buy an unlocked one online and hope my SIMM card works. hmmmm.

"appliance"

for some reason this word was in my head on the way to work this morning. I wonder about its word origin, or etymology. I'd guess some kind of "applied science" to make everyday things easier.

creative parking

this guy backed up his armageddon vehicle onto a 4' pile of snow from the plow.

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Happy Birthday Steve!

these boots are made for walking...

we think she likes them, but we're not sure. Helen put them on Alina this morning to wear to school, but she ended up staying home sick today.

red rocks et al

got down today to enjoy some great traction on the trails from Saturday's rain. started with Dakota Ridge, and descended Zorro to Green Mtn. Green Mtn was actually greening up nicely. the moisture of late and the warm temps have started the spring growing season. saw some nice yellow wildflowers on the trails. Had fun on the Hayden trail a couple times too. Endoed hard on the descent of Morrison Slide, cracking the plastic gear indicator covers. Hopefully I can order some new ones. The bike felt awesome, and I think I could use even more air in the rear.

Green Mtn

looking down from Dakota Ridge acorss C-470 and up to Green Mountain. If the camera phone had better optics and a few more megapixels, maybe you could make out something. It really isn't as much a lack of megapixels as it is just terrible lenses in today's phones. I wish I had a Japanese phone that had a nice camera. After all, the cell phone is always with me, and the MobileBlogger part can send pics to my blog from anwywhere, at any time. I wonder what is the best camera on a cell phone that Cingular/AT&T network can handle?