Hiccups' (2 & 3) + Flagstaff Mountain

You move to Boulder for the daylife - not the nightlife... - overheard on a street-corner.


Today was eventful.  We needed to deliver the DSD to the BolderBoulder finish line, tidy her up for tomorrow, and then I needed to get in the mountains before another storm moved in!

The finish line for BolderBoulder is on Colorado University's campus in Boulder.  It's a beautiful campus by itself but made more so by the Flat Irons dominating the skyline nearby. After parking the DSD and cleaning her up a bit, hiccup #2 and #3 of the tour occurred!

First, apparently the DSD's generator doesn't like being at altitude....  It took some elbow-grease on Zach's part but he did get it working again.  Zach is awesome.  I've always had such a profound respect for people who are mechanically-inclined plus he's an insanely collected individual, nothing ever riles him...not even pissy, upset generators.

The third hiccup may or may not have been my fault.... :(

One of our iPad's screens was cracked.  Splintered the whole thing.  Far as I know Zach found it like that in the soft-case we carry them all in.  I don't know how it happened but they have been in my possession for the past couple of days so I feel culpable.  Sad day.  :(

After cleaning up the DSD and getting everything ready for tomorrow, I had Zach and Shannon drop me off at Boulder Mountain Park so I could start my ascent up Flagstaff Mountain!  I decided against doing Bear Peak today because it was the harder of the two climbs and another big storm front was scheduled to roll-in around 1pm.

Flat Irons as seen from Boulder Mountain Park.

I didn't take many pictures today - partly because I knew the hike was on the shorter side.  I did end up getting rained on, and thunder did sound, but I made it safely to the summit - which unbeknownst to me you can actually drive to...o well...

Flagstaff Summit!  No bikes, no guns, no booze, no fun....

Rocky Mountain cactus?  I had no idea....

After descending, I started walking back toward downtown Boulder to make one final pass through the BoulderBolder expo before heading to the transit center to catch my bus.  En route I stumbled upon another cemetery which I thought was really cool.  Some the graves were as old as some of the ones we saw in Charleston, South Carolina...can you imagine what Boulder was like in the 1850's?!

Boulder Cemetery.

Eventually this happened...

Cappuchino with 4-shots #Nomnomnom

And this...

My Ravenna's have been seeing a lot of action!

Tomorrow is BolderBoulder!  Though I'm not running, I'm excited to be at the finish line with Run Happy Island!  It's really evident that the whole community is behind the event so I'm sure it's going to be an awesome time for runners, vendors, and volunteers alike! :)

Well I just finished my laundry and need to start heading toward bed!  Early day tomorrow!

#RunHappy