Bouldering and fireworks September 18
Nik and I went rode our bikes today up to Mt. Sanitas, and went bouldering for the afternoon. It was really nice to get out, as I haven’t climbed hardly at all this season, between breaking my shoulder, and travelling, and just being busy with work and school. We had a pretty good time - it was a beautiful day, though both of us were pretty out of climbing shape.
On the way home, we stopped at a lemonade stand, and bought lemonade from a 5 year old girl and her mom, with the little change I had left in my wallet. The girl was very curious about the bouldering pad I had on my back, convinced that it was a bag that must be holding something really cool. When she found out it was for climbing, she proceeded to show us her horizontal clibming skills, walking on all fours up and down the median grass strip her lemonade stand was on.
I gave them one of the cards I got from John at BBC (Boulder Bicycle Commuters), which says:
Dear Merchant,
Your business has been patronized by bicycle today. Thank you for supporting bicycle access, safety and facilities in our community
(Staff: Thanks for sharing this with management)
Since it was her sister’s lemonde stand (paying for dance lessons), I recommended she give it to her sister.
I don’t think the girl totally got it, but the mom did, so hopefully a discussion will ensue later. I’ve handed out two other cards, one to the gas station on Arapahoe and 17th, and one to Cold Stone Icecream. Both times, the employees I gave them to were very receptive, and definitely sounded like they’d show it to their bosses. Very cool stuff.
I shot the following tonight. I was sitting at my desk, about to start on some use case diagrams, when I heard fireworks. Don’t know what they were for, but I went out and stood in the parking lot, and came away with some interesting shots.
