Colorado

Jolene and I spent half of our four-day Labor Day weekend traveling by car to and from the great state New Mexico (and Colorado). Josh Frederiksen and a few of his Medical School roomates met up with us at his parents house in Gallup, NM. The seven of us then ventured up Telluride, Colorado to climb the 14,000 ft Wilson Peak. Starting nearly a mile in elevation the summit our odd brood of wanna be trekers (sorry Josh and Ben) began the hike up the long rocky path. We stopped for lunch on the saddle of the mountain overlooking the vast green valley and the other peaks in the distance. From there, Jolene and I got a quick start towards the looming peak still some 1,000 feet above us. The trek up was more that either of us were really prepared for but amid our scrabbles and hand-over-hand climbing we over came the fear and succeeded in making the summit. Surprisingly only four of the original seven made it up that far as inexperience and sickness kept the others from reaching the top. Here are some pictures of our trip. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
(Oh, and good job to Jolene for topping a 14,000 ft peak. She says she wants to do them all now. I keep reminding her that that was not what she said when she was climbing the summit).