Rewirement (not retirement) literally rewires our brains and forms new pathways. It’s not a one-shot, time-based deal. It’s a continual, exciting experience that enables us to live a positive, fulfilling life not bound by time or societal boundaries (like mid-life and retirement).
12 months. 4 seasons. 100 marathons. And… a 100-miler. Can’t foresee how this next adventure will forever change. Scary/exciting, diggin’ the unknown. People I’ll meet, places I’ll see, miles I’ll run.
Gonna drive ‘cross country in June. Share life/laughs with family/friends in New England. Finish a 4th tour of our 50 States (targeting Alaska). Maybe overseas Fall 2024, road trippin’ Portugal? And marathon somewhere European of course… why waste flight $$, right? LOL>
Crazy unpredictable. It all starts Friday.
Exit interview, ‘rewirement’ lunch, 5:30pm flight to Houston. Tick, tick, tick. Weight UP 20 lbs, training sporadic but… it begins. 13 marathons over 15 days, Texas to West Virginia.
LIFE ADVENTURE awaits. Anything is POSSIBLE ❤️
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- Snowmageddon
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- REWIRED in Colorado
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- birthday BOY
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- birthday GIRL
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- 100-miler GOAL
Rewirement Year
Snowmageddon 2024
Right time of the year; too much ‘stay-at-home’.
Not a naysayer, the virus is real but moving forward. Done with living the past. Grieving every lost flight, every marathon registration, day-to-day work-family banter. Not sure what the future holds/our new norm. Faith. Balance. Control what you can control.
St. Mary’s Glacier
Six weeks more ‘til we can attempt the high peaks in Colorado. No rush; I’m not there yet. Corona belly & lack of altitude. Big jump – my home @ 5500ft & our 14er peaks.
Alarm set. Backpack readied. Water & burritos. destination: St. Mary’s Glacier. Hour from home (nearby Idaho Springs). Expect far fewer hikers than currently clog Boulder County trails.
Easy ride. No one on the highway. Weird to drive again.
Mile half up, mile half down. Relatively short hike. Goal: home return by 9am. Get up/get out/get back/little people exposure. Snow PILED as the truck CLIMBED. 4WD happy. Lotta WHITE ❄️
Pre-dawn park Ranger. Ok to hike, just pay the permit fee.
Been months between hikes. ROOKIE mistake. BOOTS. Where are they? Been a pair of Brooks or slippers stay-at-home. I’m here. I’m parked. Tag on the windshield. Suck it up buttercup.
DEEP snow. Shins, knees, quads, hip bone. Wind a-blowin’. No path. FIRST to forge a way. Pine/spruce surrounded & virgin snow. Doing it all from memory today. 30 minutes in, reached my first clearing. Peak peeping for direction. Go Right, young man – & UP of course 😊
When it’s snow season, is it glacier or just heavy snow? Answered day’s question. Wind whipping, there she is… or there she should be. LOL> Looks more ski slope than primeval glacier.
Arms outstretched. Did my 8pm HOWL. Sucked in the thin air, held my breath, let it go slowly. Chicken soup for the mountain soul. We’re gonna be ok. LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤️
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- Corona stache
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- Spring DEEP 🌷
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- WHITE OUT ❄️
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- Colorado SUNRISE
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- Winter/Summer
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- GLACIER or ski slope?
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- COUNTY vs State LAW
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- April 25 HIKE Day 😊
#self isolation HIKE
SNOW. And a whole bunch of it.
Started Monday nite’s commute, ended Wednesday morning.
Yeah yeah, we were warned – but ya never really know in Colorado. Depending how close your town butts against the Rockies, can be 2 inches or in today’s case, 2 FEET of SNOW ❄️
GREAT year to buy a big FORD TRUCK 😊
Not a record, quarter of the 8 FEET that fell December 1913. 8 feet. Can you imagine?
Airport delays, roads amuck – and my employer? CLOSED. 2nd time in 10 years. Me & a skeleton crew had already trekked in. Made for a nice/quiet/relaxed catch-up day. World’s problems delayed ‘til Wednesday.
Happy SNOW DAY!
Christmas spirit overload. LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤️
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- 2 FEET of SNOW
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- COOKIE season 🎄
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- Arkansas gifting
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- Christmas in Connecticut
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- New England postcard
SNOvember 2019
Pre-Thanksgiving Storm May Make Front Range Travel ‘Impossible’
By Natalia V. Navarro
November 25, 2019
Up to 18 inches of snow could fall across the Denver metro over the next two days, making some roads unusable.
“Travel’s going to be real difficult late tonight and into early Tuesday — if not impossible for some locations,” said Kyle Fredin, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Boulder.
The storm will start in western Colorado and the northern mountains Monday afternoon then move into the Front Range in the evening, Fredin said. Heavy snow could start falling during the metro’s rush hour.
“From that point, it’s going to be downright winter with periods of heavy snow through the night into early Tuesday morning,” Fredin said. “Visibility is going to be an issue.”
“If you have to get stuff done, do it today,” the Weather Service’s Fredin said. “Pretty much block off any sort of travel you need to do late tonight into Tuesday and reassess what you can do before tomorrow afternoon.”
