Beautiful Bike Course

Next month Russ is doing the Tour de Los Alamos and he practiced the course this last weekend. (I think he's getting used to the elevation because he had no problem riding one loop of the course, which was 25+ miles.)

Tour de Los Alamos course

When he got back from his bike ride, he wanted to take me for a drive of the course because it was so pretty.

My camera cannot capture the awesomeness of the mountains looming in the distance.

I did my best to edit out the windshield bug guts that were originally in this picture since it was taken as we were driving. :)

Look at the blueness of the sky! Wow!

Our First Nature Hike

As Russ is watching cycling on Verses, I want to share some picture from our hike today.

We thought there was a different path and, with Roxy leading the way, wandered around the neighborhood for a few minutes before walking back to the car to drive to a path we knew existed.

It was breathtaking! We took the easy path today because it was almost dinner and I was hungry.... We'll go back another day to hike the more intense zig-zagging path.

 

The dogs had a great time; they sniffed every rock, pine cone, stick and flower. Russ and I had to yank on their harnesses constantly to keep them moving. 

We're wanting to go on a lot more hikes, so, hopefully they'll get used to all the smells and won't keep to pull our arms out of socket.

 

Pirate's favorite way to enjoy nature. :)