Monday, May 05, 2008

They Call It Boulder for a Reason

Last weekend we went camping near Boulder. Up in the mountains near the town, we found piles of huge, smooth, granite boulders everywhere. Now we know why they call it Boulder. While four wheeling, we also stumbled upon the aliens from the planet Xartac as you see in the above picture.


We made the discovery that cow manure, while associated with green house gases, can have some positive effects on planet earth.



Wilbur and José participated in ancient rituals, including trial by fire. Whenever we light a fire, we remember Boris, the Warlock, and Flash. Those guys know how to enjoy a fire!


This is Sophia, José's wife. She is every hunter's dream wife because she is blessed with binocular eyes. Before anyone else could see them, Sophia spotted six bull elk grazing in a field. They were so beautiful to watch running, jumping a fence, and disappearing into the trees a few miles away. One of the elk still had his rack.




José educated us on the scientific principles of fire. Scientists insist that fire is invisible; we are just observing burning gases. We cooked hot dogs and cake batter with fruit over the burning gases and the invisible fire. Then we made our hot dogs and cake invisible. We are talented.



This is our boulderish campsite.



This is a picture of José preparing his discourse on fire. The slide presentation came later in the afternoon.




Wilbur works hard and plays hard.



Some of the roughest riding of our trip happens when Wilbur unloads the four wheelers. We had a fun weekend!

5 comments:

DG said...

That looks like beautiful country you were in, but it's a good thing you were there to keep an eye on Jose' and Wilbur. Those two look like they could be trouble left to there own devices.

MT Missy said...

Dinner on Friday was delicious too!

The Silly Witch said...

That looks like a blast. I'm sure the Warlock would have loved to help you stoke the fire. And Pippi would have loved to climb all over those rocks.

Unknown said...

What a fun camp out! I love seeing pictures of the whole crew. Where is your picture mom!? I think that crocus growing out of the cow pie is amazing! I think all cow pie's should grow flowers; they are so much prettier that way!

Prudence said...

What fun! I'm sure Turkey Legs will be sorry that he missed the fire! I loved your story. Your blog is so much fun to read!