On July 7, my cousin Karen got married. I was honored to be an usher in her wedding.
Brian and Karen walking towards their limo. |
Karen and Brian are greeted with a shower of flower petals as they leave the church. |
Many of my relatives were at the wedding. From left to right: Russ, Sara, Carl, Ray, Dan (hiding his face), Sara (being held by her mother), Rob and Linda. |
I went hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park with my brother, George. We had a good time but it just didn't seem like it was as much of an adventure as last time. Still, I had fun and I hope we get a chance to do it again sometime.
The first morning just before we hit the trail. |
After arriving at camp on the first day, I am enjoying my lunch of crackers and cheese. The hike took longer than we had expected and man was I tired. |
George looks out over Fern Lake. We can see fish, but nobody is catching any. |
We found that we could get the trout to bite in the stream that was feeding the lake. I thought they were Greenbacks but this fish is bright red (or so I'm told). |
In the background you can see that we are above the tree line and we actually had to hike over a few patches of snow on this day. |
George spotted a couple groups of people hiking up some of the glacers in the background. We thought we might like to try that sometime. |
Here we are at about 10,500 feet. I wasn't too worried about anybody running off with the camera. |
I'm the little white dot in the middle of the picture. |
This is George sitting in the same meadow. |
I think that George was a little worn out but he kept running around military pressing logs and stuff. He said he was just trying to get some "exercise". I was a little concerned about him... |
The last day's hike is over and we load up the car and prepare to drive home again. |