Halloween as Sod

Grass top for the sod.
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Tiffany and I woke up this morning and got ourselves ready for Halloween, one of our favorite holidays! Tiffany bought a pair of scrubs and a lab jacket to be Dr. Tiffany (complete with shot styled pen). Then we got my hair to stand straight up, stuck some critters into it and sprayed it green. I spent the rest of the day as a piece of sod.

After work we went to Rebecca and Martin's house for some dinner, passing out candy to Trick-or-Treaters, and an awesome campy scary movie.

Birthday Awesomeness

New Saddle Bags
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What a birthday! It's my last year to be in my 20's, oh man. Everyone sent wonderful cards, and some killer gifts. First I got a 4 ft. tall Optimus Prime which is now guarding the door of my office at LANL Second I got the newest Zelda release from Debbie. I'm working on it, but I have to share with Tiffany, so we fight over it at bed time. Looser has to read! Tiffany got me ski racks (snow, snow, snow), and Dad got me these sweet saddle bags for my motorcycle. I've been putting the laptop and books in them to go up to work the last couple of days. I also bought some software with grandparent gifts.

Think Snow!

Just a quick note to say that we woke up to snow dusting the runs of Ski Santa Fe and the rest of the Sangre de Cristo peaks!

Epic Weekend

Getting closer to Truchas
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This weekend contained more fun than any one weekend has the right to contain! Tiffany and I jetted out of Santa Fe Friday afternoon and headed towards Grand Junction through Chama, Pagosa, Duranga, Silverton, Ouray, and Montrose. The Chama valley was ablaze with color from scrub oak and some aspens. The aspens were in full force though on Molass pass above Durango, just brilliant brilliant gold. The San Juans also had a nice dusting of snow on the high peaks to top it all off. We met up with Andy and Sarah in Ouray and continued on in to my parent's place.

We all woke up after a wonderful night at the Grandparent's condo (Thanks!!) to some storm skies, which threatened our planned activity of mountain biking in Fruita. After a killer breakfast downtown, Andy, Sarah, and I packed up the bikes and headed to Mary's Loop despite pouring rain. Good thing we did, because the rain broke just as we entered Fruita, providing spectacular riding weather. We bombed Horsethief bench, Mary's Loop, and bonked on Moore Fun, but all in all had an awesome time.

The next day (Sunday) Tiffany and I drove back to Santa Fe to attend a "They Might Be Giants" concert with our friend Rebecca and Martin. Fabulous concert, if a bit chilly (it was outdoors). My cheeks hurt from laughing so much, and my feet were screaming from dancing for hours on the flag stone patio.

This morning we jumped out of bed and took Tiffany to the airport for her Play Therapy conference in LA. I drove back home and hopped on the 675 for a long awaited ride through Truchas to Taos to look at all of the colors. Well, some where in the Carson forest I got distracted and enticed by the road to Sipapu ski area and decided I would check out the road to Mora, which I had heard was beautiful. Once in Mora I kept on heading into Las Vegas, NM because I've really only stopped to get gas there on the highway. The town is pretty cool actually with a bunch of amazing old buildings. Too bad there really isn't anything there anymore.

I then took the "Old Santa Fe Trail" (now the I-25 frontage road) all the way back to Santa Fe. After all that time on amazing little roads I couldn't face bombing back to Santa Fe on the highway. Something about two (and sometimes one) lane roads just makes you more connected to the land it seems, even if they sometimes make it seem you're riding a bronco instead of a performance motorcycle.

Now it is 8:00 and I think I will follow Nikki's lead and just go to sleep.