The fun has just begun....

Kicked off July with a trip home....caught some crabs fresh from the Eastern Shore :) Time with family:

Dustin ready to scoop crabs with the net...he's focused

*The Amazing Aunt Donna* 

check out her measuring skills while the crabs hang in the air!

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree??  Uncle Rick and Cody

Brian and Melanie

Daddy and I

Momma Lil and Joey

And time with friends in Bmore:

Little Havana

Congrats LT you are officially an RN now!

Marina and Melanie

Roomie, Her Hubbie, and Mr. Miami

Eating some of those fresh crabs caught with the family!

Lovely Ladies

Then, back in Colorado...

Laura tears up 120 miles and 3 mountain passes on her road bike!

"Triple Bypass"

Go Hammy!

(roomie picture plus Brandy)

Ben and Laura after the race...yeah they dominated

And the last documented adventure of July was a rafting trip near Canon City, The Royal Gorge trip along the Arkansas River....amazing, sorry I don't have more pictures!

Group shot with our helmets on backwards because apparently that's how Laura thought they were supposed to go on, haha!  (not really, she just picked up the wrong helmet that was a few sizes to big and so not knowing this was the wrong helmet, she proceeded to try to "make" it fit until we broke out in hysterics demanding she wear one that fit correctly!)  Yeah, guess you had to be there to appreciate the humor?

Little chow time after an amazing day on the river...nachos and beers, yum.

And so that concludes July....visitors from Bmore come to Colorado in August!

Taking in all that Colorado has to offer....May and June

Hiking in Chataqua, near Boulder, with Sue (left) and Julie (right -- roomie)

TEVA Mountain Games in Vail

Extreme Kayaking

Beautiful scenery...still white caps in June, love those Rockies

Note, this dude is not attached to a rope....he's "bouldering"

Next comes July.....however the way these blogs work, you will probably have seen July before you catch this post....ahh oh well, at least I've finally been able to get pictures up!

Where did July and August go??

A quick step back to the promised pictures to finish off the road trip to Colorful Colorado.  Then I will catch up the rest that I've missed....maybe one day I can stay on top of this :)

You can see beautiful layers of the land in this one

Strike a pose in the BadlandsA prairie dog - if Alicia could have taken one home, she would have...Bode needs a friend, right?!

The advertisement totally worked!

after the Bad Lands and numerous billboards, we FINALLY made it to WALL DRUG

  5 Cent Coffee 

(and of course I tried some, only added Splenda!)

Mt. Rushmore

Crazy Horse, many years in the making...

This picture explains itself....entertainment on a long road trip

AND

drum roll please.....

This is in the middle of the night, stopped on the highway....after 2 intense energy drinks that left my heart racing until the next morning (only on desperate measures, those drinks are scarey!)

Okay one post down and several to go before I catch up to September!!!