{"id":2615,"date":"2019-06-03T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T23:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2019-06-03T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T23:21:47","slug":"to-austin-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=2615","title":{"rendered":"To Austin and back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The week after the snow storm, the sun came out and I spent some time at Mt. Princeton resort.  I was only out an hour, but I got so sunburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/57937973824__E8BACFCD-9803-4994-AB4B-69453D27B31A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2612 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/57937973824__E8BACFCD-9803-4994-AB4B-69453D27B31A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/57937973824__E8BACFCD-9803-4994-AB4B-69453D27B31A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/57937973824__E8BACFCD-9803-4994-AB4B-69453D27B31A-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/57937973824__E8BACFCD-9803-4994-AB4B-69453D27B31A.jpg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also used the break in the weather to stain the deck and create a planter around the side of the building.  I planted flowers in there today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1291-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2613 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1291-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1291-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1291-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1307-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2601 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1307-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1307-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1307-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1307-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dogs and I tried out the Colorado trail again to see how high we could get before the snow set in.  We made it about 300 vertical feet further than last time, but there is still a lot of snow.  Darby still can&#8217;t resist rolling in the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1296-e1558102310794-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2598 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1296-e1558102310794-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1296-e1558102310794-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1296-e1558102310794-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_1296-e1558102310794-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1292-e1559602872471-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2614 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1292-e1559602872471-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1292-e1559602872471-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1292-e1559602872471-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1292-e1559602872471-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Very tired dogs after a day on the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1308-Edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2602 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1308-Edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1308-Edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1308-Edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1308-Edited-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week we made a trip back to Austin for Preston&#8217;s graduation.  It was held at the Erwin Center since his graduating class was 625 students.  He went to an all night party afterwards and will arrive in BV tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1312-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2605 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1312-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1312-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1312-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1312-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1313-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2606\" data-link=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?attachment_id=2606\" class=\"wp-image-2606 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1313-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1313-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1313-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1313-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1314-e1559602888168-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2607\" data-link=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?attachment_id=2607\" class=\"wp-image-2607 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1314-e1559602888168-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1314-e1559602888168-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1314-e1559602888168-624x832.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1310-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2603\" data-link=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?attachment_id=2603\" class=\"wp-image-2603 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1310-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1310-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1310-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1310-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I drove back to BV the morning after graduation.  The weather has finally turned nice so I set up the deck and made some corn and potato soup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1320-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2609 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1320-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1320-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1320-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1320-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1323-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2611 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1323-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1323-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1323-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1323-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dogs and I made our Sunday pilgrimage to Deerhammer.  Izzy and Darby assumed their positions after they cleaned the floor of any scraps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1322-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2610 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1322-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1322-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1322-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1322-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracy has taught Darby to eat her evening treat on a towel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1317-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2608 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1317-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1317-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1317-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_1317-624x468.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week after the snow storm, the sun came out and I spent some time at Mt. 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