“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.  So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t.” – Melody Beattie

Well it has been a good week.  Getting back into running a little bit this week and still doing some bike riding.  The weather has been beautiful.  We do need rain but at the same time and I have to say it again, the weather has just been fantastic for getting out doors.  Truly beautiful.  Warm afternoons, with cool mornings.  The sunsets have been stunning the past two weeks.  And I really cannot complain.   All the pictures below were taken in Fort Collins in the late afternoon/ early evening Monday though Thursday.   I am fortunate to live where I do.

Lake Sherwood in Fort Collins looking West on Monday evening.

Spring Creek Trail in Fort Collins looking West on Tuesday evening.

Powerline Trail in Fort Collins looking South on Wednesday evening.

Poudre River Trail in Fort Collins looking West on Thursday evening.

It is that time of year again and I am starting the process of putting up firewood.  Had two cords of pallet wood delivered this week.  I have to say this stuff burns great.  The trick to making it a lot less of a hassle to stack is to build your wood racks so that you don’t have to stack it.  You can just throw the various pieces in the rack not caring how they land.  Took me a few years to figure this out.  Lol.  This process makes it a lot easier to put it up.

Well on a different note, even though I have everything that I need and really want, there are days that I wake up thinking that I need something more, something different, something new, more money, a different car, a different bike, different running shoes, more this, more that, more, more and more.  If you let it, the “More Virus” as I call it,  will continue without end.  A vicious cycle.  Always promising happiness, but never delivering.  Never delivering a lasting happiness anyways.  This was one of those weeks were I was infected so to speak.  First it was thinking that I needed new running shoes, then it was a different bike, next the “monkey mind” wandered on to a different RV (yes, I own an RV), and of course with all these new things, the next logical step was I needed more money, so then you need to work more, etc.…  And I won’t bore you with the rest, needless to say this cycle went around and around in my mind for most of the week until about midway through I started to look at the above pictures.  As I said before, I collected these over the last week during a run or bike ride and realized that the “More Virus” could jeopardize future moments like this.  And that is all it took to comprehend, I was really, really happy this week.  It was a very good week and nothing in the “material world” could have added to it.  And that inoculated me from the “More Virus” for the week.  For next week…Lol….

Well that is about it for me.  Have a great week and I hope to see you out there on the trails!!  Adios amigos!!