hiking

annie and i went hiking on the border of rocky mountain national park yesterday. we took a short hike today up in the flatirons of boulder. had a great time both days. yesterday, we went up the st. vrain trail which i have hiked once before. last time i was there, it was midweek and there were only a couple other parties on the trail. the trail is a bit hard to find if you don't know where it is, and i was surprised to see fifteen or so cars there when annie and i were there yesterday. still, a great time. it seems annie and my ideas of a "day hike" are quite different. she enjoys mostly short little jaunts into the hills, and i tend to prefer longer, more sustained outings. i think i shall go back up there tommorrow if i can convince myself that registering the subaru isn't that important after all. we've also moved our tv and vcr to the bedroom and disconnected the cable (whoo hoo!). it's nice to have bookshelves where the tv used to be. it's wonderful to have my wife back, and we spend a lot of time reading, talking, lounging and eating barbequed chicken and corn. not quite michigan-quality corn, but still very good local organic boulder corn.