Monthly Archives: March 2016

SNOW day!

Published March 23, 2016

High of 67 yesterday, woke this morning to SNOW – not the 1-3 inches forecasted, but a whopping 10 inches!! Wet heavy snow falling 2” per hour. BLIZZARD WARNING: high winds, white-out conditions. Good day to own a Jeep 🙂

Good day ⇨ Better day? Receiving a text from your boss saying: SNOW day, work is closed. That’s happened…well, never. Even our mega airport, DIA (Denver Int’l Airport), closed – first time in 10 years. WOW!

Don’t have to be a kid to appreciate a SNOW day 🙂

Changed into PJs & fried up a half dozen eggs – SNOW DAY protein breakfast! Yum!

Later hiked thru knee-deep snow ‘round Hecla Lake, sharing off-leash quality time with my best bud Ro.

Day’s final tally – 20.3 inches. FAAANNNTASTIC!

: more than the 1-3″ forecast

: SNOW day with my bud ❤

: wet heavy Spring snow

: Sno’ Ro

: not quite 2 feet, but I’ll take it

Record-smashing spring snowfall pounds Boulder

City sees 16.4 inches of snow — equal to the average snowfall for all of March

A monster snowstorm dumped a record-breaking 16.4 inches of snow on Boulder on Wednesday while crippling cities all along the Front Range and stranding would-be spring break travelers.

That Boulder snowfall, as reported by meteorologist Matt Kelsch, shatters the record for snowfall on March 23, which was 10.6 inches set in 2013.

In fact, Wednesday’s dump exactly equaled Boulder’s average March snowfall for the past 30 years, and comes on top of last week’s 15-inch snowfall.

Official totals:

Boulder: 16.4 inches

Longmont: 15.4 inches

Nederland: 23.5 inches

Louisville: 20.3 inches

Lafayette: 19 inches

Blizzard shuts down Denver International Airport

Officials shut down Denver International Airport on Wednesday, canceling over 1,000 flights after a mega snowstorm temporarily knocked out power and created conditions unsafe for plane takeoffs and…

BOINGBOING.NET

Such a terrible Denver Blizzard Snow Day, my first experience in this city. With tons of cars strayed off the roads, accidents made many cars stranded, very poor visibility (0.3 miles) and schools, shopping malls closed today.

Denver International Airport has been closed on Wednesday “until further notice” as the hub deals with extreme winter weather and recovery from morning…

DENVERPOST.COM

This is crazy….chains required within the city…

Denver socked in: I-70, I-25 and I-76 closed in all directions from metro area – The Denver Post: CDOT’s alert: All CMV must chain up and passenger vehicles must use chains, snow tires, 4WD through Denver area on I-25, I-70, C-470, I-225, Hwy 83, I-270, I-76 and US 285.

brother from another mother

Published March 22, 2016

Big news day.

While I try to keep my site’s central message consistent, I find myself over-the-top INSPIRED by our nation’s President. President Obama spoke from Havana – from a Communist nation isolated & ostracized by the U.S. since the 1950’s, a failed policy.

I’m not a Democrat, I’m a registered Libertarian. Not a believer in big Government. Sincerely & fervently, do not believe a centralized D.C. think-tank solution is the same best answer for all Americans – confident the people of Colorado know best how to solve the problems of Colorado.

…but unlike our nation’s government, crippled by divisive politics, I have the ability to look beyond party politics & applaud our President’s actions today in Cuba.

Today I applaud Peace. Thrice this year I’ve brandished a Peace tat marathoning #2016whyIrun

During a time when opposition candidates are surging on a platform of hate – building a Mexican border wall, restricting rights of Muslim-faith Americans – today’s message: PEACE, uniting peoples.

I have come here to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people.

…in many ways, the United States and Cuba are like two brothers that have been estranged for many years, even as we share the same blood. We both live in a new world, colonized by Europeans.

Cuba, like the United States, was built in part by slaves brought here from Africa. Like the United States, the Cuban people can trace their heritage to both slaves and slave owners. We’ve welcomed both immigrants who came a great distance to start new lives in the Americas.

And I always believed in what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the fierce urgency of now. We should not fear change, we should embrace it.

Failed diplomatic efforts & mega $$ have been spent, generation after generation, to secure a working relationship with Israel & the Arab Middle East – yet we isolate our Cuban brothers, only 90 miles from Miami.

We in the Americas share a similar heritage. Our people share a common culture & geography.

We should expand NAFTA (North American Trade Agreement), expand trade with our brothers in Canada, Mexico & the Caribbean. We should strengthen these relationships – not build barriers to distance one another.

While governments create differences, our peoples – our inner core – are the same.

I travel to Moscow this September to marathon AND visit friends I worked & lived with 15 years ago. Russia’s a mere 55 miles from Alaska. Brother from another mother. Find a solution, find a commonality.

We’re stronger when we stand together.

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Bataan Memorial Death March

Published March 20, 2016

330am – woke early, left early, arrived early. No civilian processing delays this day (better safe than sorry). Parked, kicked the front seat back & caught extra zzz’s. Looking left & right of me, appeared many others had the same idea 🙂

Somber, inspired remembrance before today’s March. Taps & roll call – only 3 lasting survivors returned a response. National Anthem, a Black Hawk flyover followed. Proud I chose this race, marching with our Armed Forces – proud to be an American.

Beautiful weather ALL day, temps never topped mid-70’s. Shed my double layer early.

Only 2 weeks ago, I trail ran in nearby Las Cruces – same desert, same scenic Organ Mountains. LOVE LOVE this landscape.

No 50K trail adventure today; this Sunday we marched. Marched with my Maniac buddy, Stacy & two Lincoln, Nebraska-natives, Laura & Dennis. Laura’s uncle helped design the course; Dennis is active (full-time) Air National Guard. AMAZING inspiring people – I’m better in life, having spent 8 hours with these three.

Med tents, military ambulance, helicopter flyover, Jeeps…and a whole lotta camo. Not coming from military, snapped lotta pics – kinda felt I was on the set of M.A.S.H.

Surprise Highlight: Mile 15 mess hall. $5 bought a hamburger, hot dog, chips & Coke. No sub-4 finish today, LOL> SAT & ATE – during a MARATHON. Bataan’s set the bar HIGH for all future races. Burgers & dogs grilled to order – YUM!

Memorable End: Shook the hand of a Bataan survivor at mile 25.

After a day marching, felt I still had a lotta gas left in the tank. Dennis & I said goodbye to the ladies & sprinted the remaining distance – clocking a 7:30 finish pace. Awesome end to an amazing day.

Snapped finish pics (& ate again – LOL>) Today we finished 4 STRONG.

Bataan Memorial Death March
White Sands Missile Range, NM

CIVILIAN Male

K R HAGA (Bib 2203)
from Louisville, Colorado
Finish
08:34:42.8

The Bataan Memorial Death March is a challenging march through the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II, sacrificing their freedom, health and, in many cases, their very lives.

The race is open to all members of the public, though a significant portion of the participants are members of military units of the U.S. and foreign armed forces and their families. Several surviving Bataan prisoners usually await the competitors to congratulate them on completing the grueling march. Many injured veterans including some amputees attend to march as well.