Don’t forget when you roll our cursor over the map there are photo and elevation links at the bottom of the map.

On vacation in Colorado a typical mountain storm was rolling through. We were driving when my son saw funnel cloud forming. We stopped and filmed it. View the video at full screen to get a better idea of how big it was. Filmed with my iPhone 4.

Using the AutoStitch app will allow you to crate these at full resolution. Some of them are close to 10,000 pixels wide. This is plenty big to having printed. I plan to have a few of these printed, framed, and hung in my son’s room. Look for an update on how well they printed in the future. The image you are opening up are only about 1024 pixels wide.

These last four are my favorites.

Noah and I had a blast on our vacation at Breckenridge. This video is of the mountain slide that is a must ride if you visit the mountain.

Music is from Hello Dave http://www.hellodave.com/blog/

Hiking to the top of the Great Sand Dunes was one of the best parts of our trip. I used my iPhone 4 to shoot parts of the hike. If you ever get the chance to make it to the top of the dunes I highly recommend you take the opportunity. Took up a little over an hour of walking in the sand. The large, main dunefield covers approximately 30 square miles and rises just under 1000 feet of climbing elevation. ALL ON SAND!

Me and my son spent a week in CO. This is some footage shot with my iPhone 4 from the hike. Mother Nature chased us off the mountain before we could reach our destination.

The music is from Lee Mellor. Visit his website at http://www.leemellor.com/

I am making plans right now to spend a week out on CO this July. I am thinking if we can hit three 14′ers this summer I would be pretty happy. I am not sure what Noah’s aptitude will be for the 12,500+ elevation range so that might be a problem. Other than manageable exhaustion the elevation has not effected me much on my trips into the mountain. Everyone reacts a little different so I we will just have to see. I am sure by the time we finish this quest I will be the one that is having a hard time keeping up.

You can plan on a full trip reports, GPS, photos, and video from each attempt over the years. This adventure might turn into its own blog some day. For now here is a Google map of all the CO 14′ers color coded by different areas. I think we will be focusing on the Aspen area with the Red icons starting in July.

Tonight I found these clear canoes that are just too sweet. They are about 1500 which is not a bad price at all. They are about 40 pounds which is lighter than an aluminum canoe. They are made from the same materia that bulletproof glass is made from. I have not see one in person but I imagine they are pretty tough.

Check out the photos.

They are sold via this website http://www.clearinflatablekayak.com/. I have to say their site is pretty “designed by a friend of a friend” feel to it. Not sure about ordering from them online. Still pretty cool looking.

Other than the window install I was able to get in a Sunday night single track ride at Center trail. Even though my body was hurting and I was really tired I had to get out. The weather was just incredible all weekend. I couldn’t let it go to waste on back breaking window install labor.

Here is the GPS track and some other details form my ride. The trail was empty so I did not see another sole riding on the dirt.

I mounted my Flip to my bike and did some more video testing on the trail. I had a few issues keeping the mount tightened down. When it comes lose the video is too shaky. But, when it is tight the HD video looks awesome so I need to figure out a fix. I have a few ideas on fixing the mount so it doesn’t come lose so easy. I will post the video and some additional comments later this week after I get a chance to process the video.