Just wanted to share that as much as I disdain hippies, we have a lot in common, and I appreciate their efforts to keep Fort Collins the way it is. There are natural areas all throughout town with paved bike/running trails interconnecting all parts. Most roads have bike lanes and the trails have under-passes to avoid crossing major roads. The other day on a ride literally in the middle of town I saw 7 deer, 4 of which had the largest racks of any deer I've seen in person. I dropped into the grass to hide and see if they would forget about me, but I guess they don't get big by being dumb and eventually graissed off in the other direction, after I scared a couple of other bikers. There are several lines of ridges increasing in height west of FoCo (fort collins) and as rain moves in you can judge its distance as the ridges disappear. Only problem is as you head up the nearest one you lose sight of those in the distance and not realizing this didn't see the rain that day, where as I usually do when running. A metallica song came on my ipod so I fought my way up the ridge through the rain and wind to be rewarded with an awesome vista over-looking the city accompanied by a double rainbow. I thought of this line (I don't know where I got it cuz i've never seen the Count of Monte Cristo, but it fits).
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you: as Albert Mondego, the man!
-Edmund Dontes-The Count of Monte Cristo.
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