killjoy32 wrote:i should get there someday - looks my kinda place...you do have that look though of "well they said the shop was around here somewhere, so WHERE THE FRICKIN HELL IS IT??!!"

Seems to me like Colorado would definitely be your kinda place Al.  Running in some of those places is downright difficult.  Hell, walking isn't all that easy come to think.     You would probably enjoy the Great Sand Dunes National Park.  It might remind you a bit of the Sahara....only it is 7500 ft. above sea level.

http://www.naturalbornhikers.com/HighDu ... dDunes.htm

As for the store, I did get an opportunity to check out a couple of used book stores in Gunnison.  No dice though.  Found a few old boardgames but nothing of note.  

Bracton wrote: I haven't been to Colorado in years. I may have to move it higher up on the future vacation list.

My wife and I stayed in a B&B in Salida (first time for that, we usually go tent camping).  Real nice place if you enjoy hiking, biking, backpacking, camping and river rafting.  You can even pan for gold there.  Pretty central to just about everything.  We put over 2000 miles on the car in just five days and saw some amazing country during the trip.  Even toured a winery.  I can't recommend Colorado enough, especially for people who have never been there.

bombadil wrote:Those your cousins behind the sign?

Nah....but it was pretty interesting to note the number of Far and Middle Easterners that I saw during the trip up to Independence Pass.  They far outnumbered the caucasians.  And they travelled in large familial groups.  I'm thinking that perhaps some of them used to be sherpas and were homesick for the Himalayas.  

Kingofpain89 wrote:You would probably enjoy the Great Sand Dunes National Park.  It might remind you a bit of the Sahara....only it is 7500 ft. above sea level.

Camped for a few days at the park this summer.  An incredible, anomalous feature in that landscape.  Unfortunately, there was a huge fire at one end of the park, so hiking opportunities were limited.  We did manage to make it to the waterfall outside of the park, though.  Stunning.  Oh, and we did quite a bit of sand-boarding on the dunes.  Lots o' fun.

Better to see RatCatDog than ManBearPig.

The only thing that rings a bell is the television mini-series Chiefs that came out in '83.  The only reason I even recall it is because Charlton Heston was in it.  It was known as Once Upon A Murder in the U.K.  Here is the IMDB listing:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084997/

its funny how you catch some cool clips on you tube.

i just watched Doug Fluties Hail Mary pass in 1984 for Boston College....how cool was that!!!  

never seen that before - that is just awesome. i love that name for the play too "hail mary"....just superb

Al

ps. oh and in case you want to see it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qkpsygNYo

killjoy32 wrote:its funny how you catch some cool clips on you tube.

i just watched Doug Fluties Hail Mary pass in 1984 for Boston College....how cool was that!!!  

never seen that before - that is just awesome. i love that name for the play too "hail mary"....just superb

Al

ps. oh and in case you want to see it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qkpsygNYo

Definitely one of the most memorable college football highlights of all time.  Although not as long as Kordell Stewart's hail mary pass against Michigan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nt6Hjqt ... re=related

http://www.runningfreemag.co.uk/

this is so cool!

go check out the online running mag they keep on the site. its actually a very good mag anyway - if you get a sec, go see page 32

how cool is that!!!  

killjoy32 wrote:http://www.runningfreemag.co.uk/

this is so cool!

go check out the online running mag they keep on the site. its actually a very good mag anyway - if you get a sec, go see page 32

how cool is that!!!  

That's a very nice picture you took!  Congrats!  

FormCritic wrote:Has anyone noticed that at least two teams in the Acaeum Collector's League are starting players who are on bye weeks?  

Had a quick look in hopes one of them was my opponent, as that might be my only chance this year.  No such luck.