I just returned yesterday from four days of backpacking in Colorado.  I haven’t been able to make it out there for two years so it was an awesome experience!  I had a little taste of what is coming in the next couple of months for Iowa.  Rain, cold, and even some snow.  As much as I enjoyed all of the experiences I am quite content to wait and let the snow stay out there for a little while longer.

We were able to climb Mt. Shavano which has an elevation of 14,229 ft above sea level.  For a middle aged guy from Iowa that seemed ridiculously high.  We climbed it on our third day of the trip so I had three days previous to that to try and acclimate to the altitude but it still seemed like I only had one lung and with it I had smoked since I was 13.

Hopefully I can get a few pictures up pretty soon.

Dave Hyman

Ames Property Manager