After two weekends of snow camping (LOVED it!), mixed things up & stayed local.
Unfortunately, most trails along the Front Range are still closed because of last month’s flood. Temporary roads to Estes Park (Rocky Mtn National Park) & isolated communities are in place but hear the 45 minute drive north is now a 2+ hour trek.
Wait a sec – I’m in Colorado…there’s a ton of ways to fill a weekend 🙂
In celebration of Ro’s 2nd birthday, started off with a tour of area dog parks. Fave park of the day – the Great Bark Park in Lafayette. Ro raced back ‘n forth for hours. Did my heart good to see Ro so happy.
Bath, quick walk around the ‘hood, 2 dog circles on the rug & bam – out for the count. Yeah, grown-up time!
Purchased tickets to Roller Derby. Seriously.
Haven’t ever been, so why not? And the promo pic showed black eyes, bruises & blood. Heck, yeah! Have had a secret interest since watching “Whip It” years back. $10 admission for 2 bouts – one being the league Championship. Can’t beat that price!
New sport, gotta figure out scoring & the rules. This sport favors big girls – better blocks, bigger hits. Scrawny girls have speed but one well-placed bootie bump results in lotta skinny legs sprawled upwards & out-of-bounds.
Star on the helmet – denotes you’re the lead jammer. [‘star’ has been my symbol of choice for years :)]
Scoring is quick. [I advocate revising scoring during the power jam.] Benching the lead jammer allows the opposing team to post quick scores of 5 during the 2 minute sit-down penalty (similar to hockey).
What I did like most? The lead jammer puts her hands on her hip to end the jam. After all the bumping & bruising, seemed super girlie to end play with a simple hands on the hips. LOVED it!
Orange Crushers took this year’s title in a late comeback. SUPER fun nite!
(New to Roller Derby & already a fan? Yep. Girls with curves ROCK!)
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