What I did in June, summarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Colorado Concours is held every year on the grounds of Arapahoe Community College. It’s one of the biggest car shows in Colorado every year. I’ve entered the car half a dozen or so times. There’s a category for elite judging. I never subject myself to that. Elite judged cars often are like museum pieces: rare, historically significant, and pristine. My car is none of those. When I opt to get the car judged, it’s by the club. If we get more than a dozen cars to turn out for this show, it’s a good year. And not everybody chooses to be judged, so my chances of getting a ribbon are much greater. This year, I believe we had only four or five cars that wanted to be judged. We gave four winners ribbons out: first place, two that were just called “place”, and fan favorite. I got one of the “place” ribbons. With the odds I was up against, let’s just call it a “participation prize”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s still early in the hiking season. There is still quite a bit of snow above 10,000′. Most of the places I want to go are closer to 11,000′, so mid-June is still a bit early. For some reason, I’ve been hiking to Forest Lakes in James Peak Wilderness for an early hike. I don’t know what attracts me to this hike. It’s not particularly beautiful, I never make it past the first lake (there are two), and I always encounter snow right after the bridge over Arapaho Creek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In early June, the creek runs quite high. So high, typically, that the creek overflows its banks such that the hiker must wade through a couple of yards of water to get to either end of the bridge. I’ve taken to calling it “Heartburn Bridge”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though I’ve done this hike four or five times, when snow covers the ground, I still find navigation a bit challenging. Last year, I managed to end up at an unnamed pond rather than the lower lake. Still, it was fun. This time, I made it to the lower lake. Where I managed to step through some ice into water that overflowed my boot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n