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On Monday I left Colorado Springs. It was hard to leave Janice, but I know we will keep chatting and maybe I'll get out there again sooner rather than later. And Bob has family here in Florida, so when they visit again I can take a short drive over to Tampa to see the gang. I drove up to Fort Collins to stay with my Uncle for a short while. He made arrangements for us to go snow shoeing in the mountains on Tuesday. We rented a pair of shoes for me after dinner on Monday so we could just go in the morning. We got a pretty early start and were at the trail head by 10:15 or so. We hiked about 2 miles out and 2 miles back, stopping for lunch along the way. We hiked along a string of three lakes. Nymph, Dream, and Emerald. We actually just walked across Dream instead of any trail. My Mom says that I'd actually been on that trail before when I was a kid. But the fact that it was so long ago and in summer meant that I didn't really recognize anything.

I had a really good time and didn't do too badly given the change in elevation. Now that I live at sea level, being at 10,000 feet and climbing is a bit more of a challenge! More pictures over at flickr.