Stormy Weather

Sunset from the house



This was the other house we looked at last week - the view. Of the power company. You could hear these wires humming. Off the list



Last Sunday there was a fire - Lefthand Canyon for the 3rd time in 3 months





Slurry bomber



Yesterday and today thunderstorms have rolled in. Yesterday there were 4-6 fires from lightning strikes, including one that is still burning

Back House Hunting

We saw two houses today - one on the street where we are renting and another just three minutes west of the house we had an offer on just over a month ago

We liked the latter. We decided after just getting out of the $875K house that we would try to keep as much financial flexibility as possible. So, this house is smaller at 2,582' on 1.2 acres

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8503-Middle-Fork-Rd-Boulder-CO-80302/13211841_zpid/

The thing about the size is it's brilliantly laid out. Still, it's about 1.5 rooms short of what we ideally wanted (where the "almost bought" house was two rooms we had no use for). And while it doesn't have the glorious mountain views, it would cost $375K less (assuming we would buy for $500K)

The pics are more for us to look at and see how we feel

Entry



Entertaining Room





Not-So-Formal Dining Room





Kitchen



Spare Bedroom



Hockey-Watching Room (also known as TV Room)





Overlook



View from Overlook



Master Bedroom







In between the Master and the Office is a small little screened-in area. Kind of cool





The Office



Front Porch



Side Porch





View looking East



Shed

Boulder Running

After being a fat ass in the Pacific Northwest for 3 weeks, have hit the training hard to prepare for the Breckenridge half marathon Labor Day weekend

This is a great run that I need to enjoy in case it floods - the Boulder Creek Path. I think you could make this a lot longer (in Boulder) but starting from the Justice Center and running to the end at Four Mile Canyon is a round trip of 5.7 miles with 400' of elevation gain







Look for the rock climbers in the next two photos









Here are the views from the house we are renting. Getting kicked out on July 3rd but back for August and 10 days in September...

Seattle to Boulder

After Vancouver and a night in Redmond we made the 2-day drive back to Boulder









Maureen was driving

























The best pic in a long time - real cowboys!