Orienteering race 45:00 [3]
shoes: Jala X-Controls sz 9.5
Paula and I got a late flight to Denver late Thursday night. Met an odd guy on the shuttle bus out to the rental cars. He was going to a Christian rock concert out at Red Rocks. It was entertaining to watch him dance around on the bus obliviously singing in a I-don't-realize-I'm-singing-because-I-have-headphones-on tone of voice.
Our car rental wasn't as smooth as usual, but it did result in a better car because I answered the big question correctly, "Would you like the minivan or the PT Cruiser convertible?"
We drove to a Denver hotel, then got up very early in the morning to drive to Woodland Park. Stopped at a Waffle House in Castle Rock to fuel up.
Jogging to my start, I turned my left ankle on the *road*. Idiot. In my defense, there was a rut in the road. I lost a couple of minutes on my first control. JJ caught me at about control #3. I ran with him for several controls with the both of us running slightly different routes. The one time I had a concrete attackpoint which was a big depression in a long reentrant, I screwed it up and found a control from another course. JJ, on the other hand, ran down the broad vague spur and nailed it.
Afterwards, we put the top down and drove to the top of Pike's Peak for donuts. Saw a marmot on the way up and ravens at the top.
For dinner we went to the Golden Bee at the Broadmoor. It is an English style pub with drinking glasses that are either a yard tall (36 inches) or 1/2 yard. Paula was incapable of finishing her 1/2 yard of beer. What a wuss. We then walked around the lake at the resort.
On the way back to Woodland Park, we went through Garden of the Gods. Showed her the "Two Camels Kissing" and the "Dog Peeing on a Fire Hydrant". Okay, the second thing doesn't exist, but Paula liked the camels. There was also a rock formation that I call "The Lab" because it looks like Annie, our dog.
Just north of Woodland Park, Colorado
Map: Manitou Lake