Katherine and I decided to go to Lory State Park and hike around a little bit. We decided to do the easy Shoreline trail hike. It was a 1.83 mile round trip hike with 300 feet of elevation gain. Hardly a hike, but it took us 47 minutes. After that, we went on the waterfall trail. The distance published for that trail is 0.1 miles, so it's really just a park and see the waterfall type "hike".

Today, we are proud to celebrate with my cousin, Nick, for graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in finance. Congratulations Nick!

We decided to start our first real hike of the season this weekend. We're a little late to the game in starting our hiking since it's been so nice out the past several weekends. But none the less, we started off the season hiking up Mount Sanitas. We did the Mount Sanitas Loop Trail, which is a 3.1-mile round trip loop that takes you up to the top of Mount Sanitas.

Since we couldn't park in the actual parking lot for Mount Sanitas Trailhead, our hike started on the street about a quarter-mile away. The total distance was 3.54 miles, 1280 feet of elevation gain, and took us 2 hours and 9 minutes (including a 20 minute rest at the top).