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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
AVIA Austin Triathlon results
The Austin Triathlon took place Monday, and we have the results, as reported by RunFAR Racing services. The overall winner of the Olympic-Open group was Richie Cunningham, who finished with a time of 1:53:26.90. Click the links below to find out complete results by category.
- Olympic - Open
- Olympic - Age Groups
- Olympic - Relays
- Olympic - Searchable
- Sprint - Age Groups
- Sprint - Searchable
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Elk rutting at Rocky Mountain National Park
The elk are rutting! The elk are rutting!
I got back late last night from a long weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park with my husband Chris, my sister Angie and her husband John. We spent a few nights near the Estes Park side of the park, where a herd of elk hangs out.
Every fall, as the male elk woo the females, they strut around and make an amazing, high-pitched bellow. It’s almost eerie, in a crazy-harmonica-gone-out-of-tune sort of way, and definitely not what you expect to come out of such a proud, strong-looking animal.
We got to hear it close-up from my sister’s pop-up camper, which we parked at the Moraine Park Campground.
Angie and John live in Denver and bought the pop-up last year. I’ve always loved sleeping in a tent, but I’ll never poo poo a pop-up after the two weekends I’ve spent in their cozy little rolling habitat. It’s got screened-in windows all around, two snug little beds, a cooktop and a sink.
One of our favorite things? Snuggling under the covers in the camper, peering out the window at the elk.
The bull elks are gorgous — all muscle and testosterone, their horns so huge you wonder how they can hold their heads up. The cows seem amused by all the snorting and bugling. You can almost see them roll their eyes in disgust.
Besides ogling the elk, we did a few short hikes, including one up to Fern Falls, where we got a good look at a wasp nest before the inhabitants zoomed out and stung John on the wrist and me on the chin. (That taught me a lesson!)
John took the elk photos during last year’s mating season at the park. Amazing, aren’t they? He’s a great photographer.
That’s Chris, standing in the mist, looking over the meadow where the elk hang out. (Taken with my iPhone) And me, trying on a Junior Ranger hat at the ranger station. I must have been a ranger in another life. (Another iPhone photo.)
Who’s been to Rocky Mountain National Park?
