Football Saturday, swirling leaves, peaceful hiking, and more.

 I don't know who enjoys the swirling aspen leaves more, Rainee or Greg's cat, Hobbes.  Either way, they both think it's better than fireworks, and there are a lot of leaves coming down.  We've swept the decks of leaves because they get so slippery when wet.

Thursday afternoon, Aaron invited us to hike down Sandy and Larry's trail to the bottom of the canyon for some fishing.  Thank you, Kraffts, for allowing us to do this.  That said, the trail is a killer, but oh my, it is worth the effort.   Aaron and Rainee caught one little fish and Greg none, which didn't matter to him at all.  Just being there and fishing was enough.  There are reports of fairies roaming the woods there, but none appeared to us.




Tomorrow my beloved Jayhawks play the Fickerts' beloved Baylor Bears.  Even though Chimene and Arnold are home here in Ouray, we will be watching from our respective corners.  No use messing up a fine friendship with trash talking...and it would be inevitable.

We are still having water parts problems and have been off and on manually turning on pumps.  I'm grateful to have water and hope the third part is the charm.

We took advantage of an unbelievably beautiful day and hiked the Portland Trail this morning.  There wasn't a cloud in the sky.  We had the trail to ourselves for the entire three hours we were hiking.  

This cute magpie followed us the first half 
of the hike, chattering the whole time.




A lone aspen tree high up on the
ampitheater wall

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