The Leaning Caveman

 
 
Ok so it's been entirely too long since I've updated the site.  Frankly, real life has been entirely too good to spend a lot of time online.  But to get back in the throes of blogging, I'm going to kick it off with a list that's sure to bring out the caveman/woman/child in all of you.  Here's my list of five things to do this summer:
  1. Climb a mountain (or five).  I'm lucky enough to live in Colorado which means that there is a wide array of mountains literally within 90 minutes of my house.  We kicked off the summer with a little 7900' one called Plymouth Mountain.  In the next weekend or two, we're going to finally do Mt. Beirstadt and Mt. Evans in the same day.
  2. Go down a slide, literally.  Nothing like the water park to bring out the kid in all of us.  It doesn't matter if you're in a tube, on a mat or just laying on your back, there's nothing quite like having the water move you along.  I can just see our caveman ancestors floating down streams trying to grab fish.
  3. Walk on water!?!  Try stand up paddleboarding (SUP for short).  It's a great upper body workout and an absolute blast.  At it's essence you are standing on a longboard and rowing with an extended oar.  After getting the basics down, look for some waves and do a bit of surfing.  The gentle rocker of the longboard makes it pretty simple and you use the oar as a rudder.  Kupaianaha dude!
  4. Taste both oceans in one season.  Break out of the standard one week vacation trap and shake it up a little.  Take two vacations while work is slow.  Don't have the days? Fine.  Take two extended weekends and visit each coast.  I can tell you that the Atlantic and Pacific taste completely different and the ability to bend the time space continuum is one of the few major advantages that we have over the caveman.
  5. Go for a walk at night. I for one prefer to do this with a loved one but can see where others may enjoy the solitude.  Nevertheless, get outside and savor the warm night air during the one season that you don't need a jacket or a sweater to be out after dark.  People don't experience the dark enough anymore and are completely neglecting the evolutionary gift of the rods that we have in our eyes.  Use them people.