Big weekend

Now its official – after sharing 5+ years of my life with each other, Jos and I got engaged this weekend!!

I flew out to CO for an extended weekend. We got in some great hiking at Grey Rock

hung out in the Poudre river (god I love rivers that actually contain water in the summer!):

did a 5 mile trail run at pineridge right on the outskirts of southern fort collins:

and hit up some mountain biking (while Jos went to work) along the Blue Sky (via Jeff Kerkove), Coyote Ridge and Devils Backbone areas with a stellar well worn 29er hardtail rented from New World Sports .. actually it is the exact rig that Joe Bagely rode to a 6th place in the recent Colorado Trail Race so it had a heart and soul:

… but it all pales in comparison to our big engagement news!! Lots of life decisions to make and details to hash out but it looks like my days in socal are probably numbered as Jos and I are both smitten with the CO front range and want to start our lives together in a place where we could actually afford a home without working 80 hours a week until death.