Snow at 430 West Dakota

The front on our house with the ski area in the background.

Snow on the shed outside the bedroom window. It is not quite that deep, because it is overhanging the shed, but close.

Sisterly love

Tango and Salsa love to curl up together.

Blue Bird Day in Telluride

A couple of weeks ago I went out with my new camera while skiing and took a couple photos on the top of Gold Hill.


Yet another picture of Wilson Peak


What a beautiful day on a See Forever.

Salsa The Boxer

I took this video of our crazy cat Salsa several months ago. It has been on my todo list to get it posted to YouTube. I was able to get rotated using QuickTime, however, it appears, when I posted it to YouTube, it did not respect those attributes. :(

I guess you will just need to rotate your head.
[editor note: Even thou Salsa is long, she is NOT that long. Will have to upload a different version]



She loves to stand in front of mirror and "box" with herself. Sound helps too.

Enjoy.

Back in Business with a new camera!

I had got a wonderful Valentines Present from Mary Dawn. She replaced my lost camera. Olympus Stylus 720SW. Wow, thank you! I will now have a camera for the next big adventure to Salzburg, Austria and Davos, Switzerland.

Hopefully, I can hang on to it! ;)

Taking the Leap ("That is what I am talking about")

Back at the Beaux Arts Ball 2006, I bid and won a Tandem Paraglide Flight

Tandem Paraglide Flight


So on January 27, 2007 "I Took The Leap"



I wore my Tele gear skiing that day, and met my instructor at top of Gold Hill. We ended jumping off of Gold Hill (start of Dynamo run to be exact), soared for about an hour, and landed in back in the town of Telluride.

Thanks very much to Mary Dawn for taking this video.

Make sure you listen to the crowd. "That is what I am talking about!"

It was a blast, I felt very at ease up there, and who knows, this maybe something that I will follow-up with.

Budapest (with a sidetrip to Munich) (UPDATED)

YES, it has been forever since I blogged. Thanks to all for their patience!

Well, the last day of my trip, my camera left my bag in Denver. :< So, I had NO pictures, besides the ones that Mary Dawn took.

Above, is a fancy little flash that shows a few photos that she took.

All in all, Budapest is a amazing place. The Rough Guide to Budapest lists the following 25 things not to miss:

1: Thermal Baths
I went to two of the baths. Gellert had an magnificent main pool. Szechenyi had 16 different areas. Both felt like a labyrinth tunnels and water. Highly recommended.
2: Coffee Houses
Yes, I went into a few coffee houses. Coffee was good and strong and the pastries where nice.
3: No 2 Tram Ride
This goes along the Danube and is quite the public transportation ride.
4: Food Markets
Did not make it do any.
5: Gresham Palace
Saw it but did not enter
6: House of Terror
Saw it but did not visit
7: Libego Chairlift
Not opened in Winter
8: Margit sziget
I walked the length of this island. In a way it felt like Central Park in New York, because it was a lot of green in between lots of city.
9: Children's Railway
Traveled thru the forest right outside the city of Buda
10: Budapest Zoo
Did not make it here
11: Applied Arts Museum
Did not visit
12: Fishermans Bastion
I had some great photos from here both from day and night. Too bad, I don't have them.
13: Hungarian National Gallery
Hall after hall of Hungarian are from medieval to contemporary paintings.
14: Budapest's Cemeteries
Did not visit
15: Museum of Fine Arts
This is where i saw the Van Gogh exibt. I recommend getting the audio player, that discuss the paintings so you can spend more time looking at the painting instead of reading.
16: Jewish Quarter
I don't remember seeing this
17: Statue Park
Did not visit
18: Rail History Muuseum
Did not visit
19: National Film Theatre
20: Classical Concert
Something if I had another week I would like to go see
21: Castle District
Walked all around this district. Something one does not see in Telluride.
22: Wine
One of the best kept secrets is Hungarian wine. It is superb and cheep.
23: Budapest Spring Festival
It was winter, however, it was un-seasonably warm and felt like spring
24: Siklo Funicular
This was ok, but riding on the Gondola here in Telluride made this a little boring.
25: Folk Music
I bought some CD's when I left Hungary