back to the real world post a really nice 2w break. we took a road trip to colo, my home state. trey visisted with cousins, new and old. my moms house has been fixed up nicely thanks in large part to a skilled brother in law. we tooled around town with our bikes, trey on a trail-behind. good times. trey caught 2 fish whilst stream fishing with my dad way back (ie 4x4 country) in the western slope hills where my family has resided for generations, literally settling there with the founding fathers. i'm sure pulling out real fish after "play fishing" in our koi pond was quite a suprise to the lad. we cooked the fish on the spot. good times. i didn't quite summit as planned but i did climb to 12,800' (of 13k) which i felt quite good about coming from sea level and all. at the 12k point i found several rock shelters that look to be overnight camp sites. these were welcome stopping points as the terrain was pure rock from the 11k mark on up. in fact, the trail was simply smaller rocks winding about larger rocks to the point of where i stopped the trail was replaced with a singular technical ridge traversal all of 600y to the summit. i was running out of water, daylight and moxy. that and the words of the one person with whom i crossed paths with that day said it took him 2hr to decend 1k from the summit resonated in my ears. so close yet so far. upon returning to camp (at 10k) trey asked "daddy, why did you climb that hill?" to which i replied "to get these rocks for you" handing him two little colorful rocks i picked up at the turning point. he was amazed. i felt good. trey got a cold on the return trip that, in turn, hit me hard yesterday. trey is an amazing traveller, riding in the back of my toyota extra-cab for the 1k mile trip (one way) with very little fuss, even while being a bit under the weather. read cube farm. great book. easy read. unfortunate reality best managed with awareness, humor and tenacity. gems galore, eg "if your boss substitutes consensus building for leadership, be afraid."

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