We just got back from a hike in the Rocky Mountains near Tosh's house in Lyons. This map shows where we went, which is a place called Button Rock Preserve. It has a big lake and lots of nice places to hike.
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It is really high here in the mountains, over a mile high, so I get out of breath when I hike uphill too fast, because there's less oxygen up here.While we were hiking a rainstorm blew in, but we had good raincoats so we didn't get wet. Tosh says the weather changes very fast in the mountains.
After a few minutes it was sunny again, and I got to go rock climbing. Here's a picture of me on the rocks.
Tosh made me a backpack. He says it'll be a lot easier to carry around than a suitcase.The rocks near Lyons are kind of reddish color and are called redstone. A lot of the old buildings in town are made from it.
On the way into town there is a big piece of redstone that has been carved to say, "Welcome to Lyons." There's a picture at this website: www.townoflyons.com.
This afternoon I met Rufous, who is a hummingbird who has been living near Tosh's house this summer. All the hummingbirds are getting ready to fly to Mexico for the winter, which is a very long journey for such tiny birds.
When I told Rufous that I'm going to Dublin, Ireland tomorrow to meet Tosh's friend Axel, he asked if he could come with me. So I put him in my backpack.
Well, I better get in my envelope and get ready for my trip to Dublin, which is 3,817 miles from Denver! (http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=SFO-SJC-DEN-DUB)See you there!
