Eight jumps and nearly ten hours later, the Martin Luther King Invitational Track Meet finally ended.
Cole placed 17th in the long jump and 9th in the Triple Jump. Not too shabby for a 14 yr-old competing against 18yr-olds.
Cole is on an indoor track club. Today’s meet was held at the Balch Fieldhouse at CU-Boulder, which is attached to their football stadium.
They were running a 60 meter race while I was watching the long jump. We had to put up barriers on either side of the runway as people will not look and walk into a jumper on their approach. Some of these athletes are 17 years old. It can be ugly. Volunteers also put up a barrier to stop the shot put from rolling into the jumping pit.
Cody really likes his new basketball hoop.
Taken with the Googlephone, so quality is not great. Also, my face really was that red. (Ouch!)
The day started out beautifully at Eldora Mountain. By 1pm, we had been through a complete whiteout and the sun was out again. Then the wind kicked up. I’m wearing a bomber hat of real rabbit fur that I gave Wade several years ago. After the dog chewed off the left flap (and part of the brim), he wouldn’t wear it anymore. It is the warmest hat we own, and that counts for plenty with me. The brim is coated with snow & ice, as was the scarf I had around my face. You can see the wind kicking up snow on the bunny hill behind me. After we left, I almost drove into a lake… more whiteout conditions on the road. (Flashbacks of sandstorms on the I-10!)
First skiing of the season at Eldora Ski resort.
Before the final Rams game of the season.
One of Cody’s projects this semester in shop class.
It was so painful to watch Air Force trounce CSU today.
Look what arrived today – A Mountain Dew snowboard!
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