Tool # 9 Jing and Skype

I'm playing with Jing...

Here is one of my most favorite of all time pictures of Brandon. He was 8 or 9 years old and a real cowboy! His horse, Honey, is out to pasture but still living. He visited here last fall and took pictures. He is with one of the wranglers from Fantasy Ranch where Honey was kept. Those were the good old days!

Click here to see the pic and ... click here for another pic.

I've also got a map of Fantasy Ranch - the best place for horseback riding in Crested Butte.

This is fun - and potentially dangerous as I could FILL messages with pictures!!! I imagine this is a really cool tool to use when creating Flipcharts for instant pictures and videos.

I've been using Skype for a while now. When I went to Japan and when my son travels abroad we use this to communicate. We will also be using it this year for our CCP talks with John O'Flahavan as we move forward with the pilot rollout at a few schools in the district.

Tool # 7 Photo Story: Crested Butte Summer

I hope this works. I have spent my last afternoon in the mountains working on our memories. We leave tomorrow to head back to the heat - the temp on our patio right now is 60 cool degrees. Windows are open. Breeze is blowing. I just heard a cow moo!!!

In the old days we used to spend at least a month here in the summer. I haven't been to Crested Butte for more than a week in over 10 years. The 2+ weeks we spent here this summer were heavenly. I discovered that I'm not too old to hike the old trails...Judd Falls is still beautiful. I've still not lost my fear of the high mountain dirt roads - especially in a Suburban. I had to get out a few times when Poppie decided to turn around...TURN AROUND...and the road is hardly as wide as the car!!!

We will take 3 days for our trip home. First stop - Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I plan to hit the jackpot on the slots. Then we will head into Texas with another over night stop when we get tired of driving. Home to Houston on Sunday and NOT ready for the heat and humidity.

P.S. I can't for the life of me figure out why the baseball music won't play. I've done everything I know to do and can't get it to work. Hope to fix it soon.

Crested Butte Fun

I've rediscovered the fun of skiing on soft snow on a warm sunny Spring day in Crested Butte. We had so much fun today. I think we rode every lift on the mountain (except that extreme stuff) and even spent some quality time at Paradise Warming House.
Tomorrow is the first day of the Extreme Telemark Competition. Brandon will be competing for the fourth year. Last year he was in first place after the first day and ended up in the top 10. Several of his friends from here that I've met through the years will be competing as well.
We will ski up to the finish line area to watch tomorrow morning. I just got a text from Brandon to bring the avalanche shovel so we can dig a good place to sit. YIKES!! My mission this evening it to figure out how to upload my FLIP videos. I bought a better video for tomorrow so I can zoom in close - that is if I can force myself to watch. I think it's better to watch through the camera...it's not as real that way.
Hope to post some soon, if I can figure it out.