Quotes
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.~ Dan Gable
Olympics
Eagle-Vail Colorado, is the home of Mikaela Shiffrin. "My goal coming to the Olympics was to prove to the world that miracles are not random, and that you're in charge of your own destiny. I wanted to paint my own miracle. I kept skiing around the finish area. I wanted to keep my skis moving as long as I could because it felt so good to be able to ski down the mountain like that."~Mikaela Shiffrin as reported by the Denver Post.
Missy Franklin is also from Colorado. When she is not swimming for the University of California, she lives with her parents about a mile from our house. Once while I was walking our dog Buddy along the canal path near home, I thought I saw her jogging past.
With all of these super athletes in the neighborhood, it inspirers me to go take a nap.
I think the US Hockey Team already beat me to it. They took a long nap during the Bronze Metal Game on Saturday.
Murder in the Rockies
Colorado was also the home of fictional Andrew Coyle, Attorney, Crime Fighter and Good Guy.
If you haven't read his first adventure, it is available on multiple ebook formats and at book stores everywhere. If your favorite book store doesn't have it, you can ask them to order one from Ingram. Don' wait, the second book should be released by next Christmas.
Did you know?
From "Old Colorado City History" we learned the following. John Lewis Dyer was a methodist minister from Minnesota. Father Dyer established himself over the next 29 years and became a frontier legend. Carrying the word of God over the mountians, he crossed 13,000 foot Mosquito Pass several times per week in all weather conditions. He fashioned long ski-like foot covers for the long winters and called them "snowshoes." He preached against many of the favorite activities of miners - gambling, drinking, and prostitution.
Bet Mikaela Shiffrin could have beat him down the mountain!
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.~ Dan Gable
Olympics
Eagle-Vail Colorado, is the home of Mikaela Shiffrin. "My goal coming to the Olympics was to prove to the world that miracles are not random, and that you're in charge of your own destiny. I wanted to paint my own miracle. I kept skiing around the finish area. I wanted to keep my skis moving as long as I could because it felt so good to be able to ski down the mountain like that."~Mikaela Shiffrin as reported by the Denver Post.
Missy Franklin is also from Colorado. When she is not swimming for the University of California, she lives with her parents about a mile from our house. Once while I was walking our dog Buddy along the canal path near home, I thought I saw her jogging past.
With all of these super athletes in the neighborhood, it inspirers me to go take a nap.
I think the US Hockey Team already beat me to it. They took a long nap during the Bronze Metal Game on Saturday.
Murder in the Rockies
Colorado was also the home of fictional Andrew Coyle, Attorney, Crime Fighter and Good Guy.
If you haven't read his first adventure, it is available on multiple ebook formats and at book stores everywhere. If your favorite book store doesn't have it, you can ask them to order one from Ingram. Don' wait, the second book should be released by next Christmas.
Did you know?
From "Old Colorado City History" we learned the following. John Lewis Dyer was a methodist minister from Minnesota. Father Dyer established himself over the next 29 years and became a frontier legend. Carrying the word of God over the mountians, he crossed 13,000 foot Mosquito Pass several times per week in all weather conditions. He fashioned long ski-like foot covers for the long winters and called them "snowshoes." He preached against many of the favorite activities of miners - gambling, drinking, and prostitution.
Bet Mikaela Shiffrin could have beat him down the mountain!