Well, we’re off to the Colorado Rockies for two weeks this morning. The goal of climbing my first “Fourteener” is in sight. As some of you may remember, we had to postpone this a year because of my health situation at the time. As of now, there will be four of us challenging the mountain. Or, I should say, two mountains. We’ll just have to see. They are close by one another, two of the 52 peaks in Colorado that are over 14,000 feet high. They are often referred to as a pair: Grays and Torreys. We hope to be fairly acclimated to the altitude by the time we make the trek, early the week following next. While Diane will be doing all of the prep hikes, some of which will be taxing (maybe to 12,000 feet), she is not planning on tackling the fourteeners. One of the strategies is to leave extremely early in the morning because we have to get up and down before the daily thunderstorms strike midday. Of course, we hope the weather cooperates.

The first picture is taken from lower on the trail in July and the second picture, of both peaks, is taken from pretty high up, in late spring. What a blessing that we have the chance to do this! Prayers always appreciated!