Christmas in Georgetown
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? After today… been there, done that. Song might be more nostalgic than the actual taste. Ick. Next year, a second try at fruitcake 😊
Christmas in Georgetown… been long on my Colorado to-do list. Nestled along the Divide, easy access off I-70. Hot chocolate, homemade bread, hearty omelet. ‘Happy Cooker’ breakfast. Main Street Georgetown decked Old School Victorian. Chestnuts roasting ($5/bag), horse-drawn wagons, local mountain stores all a bustlin’.
High noon. Lined to watch another tradition (60+ years)… the town’s St. Lucia procession. Children dressed in Christmas past, wreath-adorned heads. One girl chosen to pass thru with traditional candles. Well done. LOVE LOVED.
Purchases made, strudel consumed. Quick walk-thru the Museum of Miniatures (think: doll furniture). Motored home before ski-traffic snarls our lone east-west highway.
Dinner theatre evening. Holiday Inn. Singing, dancing, White Christmas ♪ ♫ ♬
Whatta weekend! holiday spirit OVERLOAD 🎄❄️🎅
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- Happy Cooker breakfast
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- roasted CHESTNUTS
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- Main Street Market
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- St. Lucia Procession
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- Holiday Inn 🎄
Christmas in Georgetown
Each December the town of Georgetown transforms into a bustling Christmas scene reminiscent of Christmas of long ago. Thousands come to this tiny mountain town to experience a traditional holiday where Christmas hasn’t changed in 100 years: roasted chestnuts, holiday shopping, horse-drawn wagon rides through historic Georgetown, and wonderful sights and smells. Visitors enjoy appearances by St. Nicholas in his traditional dress and the daily procession of the Santa Lucia. Carolers in Victorian costume, dancers, and other family entertainment provide hours of memorable performances. Adorned with lights and Christmas greenery and blanketed with snow, the quaint, historic town of Georgetown, Colorado has been a Christmas tradition for generations of Colorado families.
He did the Mash, he did the MonsterDash. the MonsterDash. It was a graveyard smash… ♫ ♬ ♭
Halloween 2019 – been a crazy snowy one this year in Colorado.
SATURDAY. First marathon-free weekend since mid-August. Kicked off with a trail run/hike in Bear Canyon. Mud/ice/snow littered but GREAT to be outside, get some altitude, soak up the thin air.
Post run? Dinner theatre with Ash & Tom. Mamma Mia! SUPER fun, campy. LOVED LOVED! Mamma Mia Mai Tai’s & an ABBA sing-a-long storyline. Chiquitita, Waterloo, Winner Takes it All… and of course, Dancing Queen. FAMILY quarterly tradition. Home before season’s THIRD blast ❄️
SUNDAY. Louisville’s Halloween-themed MonsterDash. Afternoon start/stop in Community Park. Cold-motivated to a 3rd place old-person [Masters] finish. Get out & get it done. LOL>
11-year history: rain never ever, temps in the 60’s. Well not THIS year. 27 & SNOW. Brrr…
Post run? Hunkered indoors. Fireplace. Lasagna. Couch-watched the biggest flakes with Pup ❤️
MONDAY. 4WD to work; tight 12 hours between storms. A record FOURTH October storm Tuesday/Wednesday. Foot of snow, sub-zero windchill. Yikes! More trick than treat.
Daily Camera Retweeted #Boulder has received 11.2 inches of snow during this storm so far
Halloween’rs: Grab your EPIC pass. Lifts opening before Thanksgiving this season – earliest ski start in 22 years. Keystone, A Basin, Loveland, Winter Park, Eldora. Colorado HOLIDAY TREAT 🎃⛷️
MonsterDash Louisville
October 27, 2019 Results presented by SVE SoCal and timed by SVE SoCal
Participants: 238 Last Updated: 10/27/2019 4:55:41 PM
1162 KEENAN HAGA 00:53:21 10K M 08:36 min/mile
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- altitude & thin air
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- UNICORN Marty 🎃
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- Colorado Halloween
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- THEATRE tradition
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- another FOSTER FOREVER HOME (great job Ash!)
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- 27 & SNOW ❄️
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- 10k race haul
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- Halloween FINISHER
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- 3rd place Masters
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- record FOURTH storm
MonsterDash 10k
New month, new adventure – how ‘bout an inaugural run in my own backyard?
Grassroots event connecting two Front Range communities, Fort Collins-to-Loveland. Six days after marathoning Austria’s Wachau Valley? Heck yeah, sign me up 😊
45-minute commute on the Diagonal. Last-minute registration (not on the Maniac calendar). Bib pick-up, shirt swag. 12 hours later, driving 287 North to Fort Collins. City Park Field, home of CSU baseball. Sunshiny skies & autumn CHILL. FAAANNNTASTIC!
SUPER EXCITED to be HOME. Five of SEVEN weeks logging miles outside Team USA borders. Whose life am I living? Dream BIG, stay prayed up. Don’t set a bar.
Slow outta the blocks, hanging with the 4:30 group today. Short-time between marathons, whole lotta travel, Colorado elevation – but HOME. Using that energy for 15 miles.
Garmin queued. big SMILE. Last-minute announcements. Ready to run.
City street, five miles. Bike path run-remainder to Loveland. Not a huge fan of concrete (no bounce/little give) but much appreciated vibes of the happy folks around me.
Porta-potty stop; musta zoned. Never saw my pace group again ‘til after the Half. They were BEHIND me. Huh?
BIG sun. Super thankful for the chill. No trees on the High Plains. Bike-path mix of rolling hills, long stretches of FLAT. Threw a few 9:30/min miles late in the race. Wind lucky too. This close to Wyoming & no headwind or cross-breeze? WOW day.
Pace-slowed, lapped at marker 23 – but didn’t drop far behind the pack as I rolled downtown. Finished & finished STRONG. Geez, it’s good to be back home. Marathon #165, Colorado #20. Who’d have thought? TWENTY marathons in my home state alone.
Keep dreamin’ folks. Absolutely ANYTHING is POSSIBLE ❤️
2019 Long View – Marathon
Fort Collins to Loveland, Colorado, 10/05/2019
Race Scored by: RUNLIMITED LLC
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* OVERALL MARATHON RESULTS *
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77 K R Haga M 4:38:32
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- grassroots event
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- 4:30 pace group
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- Fort Collins-to-Loveland
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- Colorado #20
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- October 10th ❄️
Long View Marathon
