Biathlon — skiing w/ rifles!

Published January 22, 2012

Biathlon — skiing w/ rifles! Why isn’t this sport more popular in the US?

Impossible to wait every 4 years to watch in the Olympics. Argh.

Aussie Open 4th Rd: Rafa match

Published January 21, 2012

Addicted to tennis since watching Davis Cup between Adriano Panatta (Italy) and Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) on a black-n-white TV, I haven’t missed a Grand Slam since my pre-teen years.

First [there was] my obsession with everything BORG, then Mats Wilander to a lesser degree (that first French Open victory at age 18 & later his US Open win over Lendl in 5-sets), Pat Cash for half a second and now today’s 2 stars – Federer & Nadal (still not a Djoker fan). The constant – I’ve struggled finding warm bodies to watch endless hours of AMAZING SPORT 🙂

2012: enter Rowan into my life.

He might not understand why they don’t actually ‘retrieve’ the ball, but by golly – man’s best friend watched a 4^th Round match on ESPN3 (post-midnight – Aussie time difference) until he crashed on my lap.

Truly man’s best friend.

: I don’t get it…splain me, please

: Hey – there’s a ball!

: When do they catch the ball?

: Don’t think I can stay awake for the Federer match…maybe next year

hike #2: Wonderland Lake (North Boulder CO)

Published January 21, 2012

Still limited a bit by drive time. Read that North Boulder parks are overcrowded by prairie dogs – so much so that ‘relocation vs extermination’ was the focal point of the local news story. So…another new life experience. Done; check 🙂

Online research led me to believe that prairie dogs hibernate in the winter – not so!

Wonderland Lake was all iced over (normal for January) so Ro tentatively attempted his first ice walk. Energized by seeing plant life trapped under the ice, Ro eased past the shore in an effort to chew & devour. Lucky for him I brought along snacks because these reeds were deep under the ice & not budging. Fun watching little guy move out on the ice – ‘Bambi’ reminiscent.

After learning to walk on water, we approached prairie dog village. Only slightly smaller than Ro, but these dogs chirp, chirp, chirp – and chirp. Camouflaged well in our winter grasses – if only they could keep down the noise. LOL>

protrails.com – Wonderland Lake