MeadowGrass Music Festival

Date: 5/26/2013
Who: Michelle, myself, and friends

We attended the MeadowGrass Music Festival at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center in Black Forest. We stayed for almost the full day and really had a good time. As luck would have it, our friends Andy and Jenny were there too and we enjoyed the day together. The lead singer for one of the bands was another friend, Ben. It was a fun, relaxing day with good music, dancing, food, and visiting. One of my favorites was a Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone. Thanks very much, Steve, for organizing the festival!

Andy gave me a walking tour of the La Foret grounds, including the adobe chapel. It’s a beautiful place.

While we had fun, it felt kind of melancholy at times, since this was probably the last time we will get to spend time like this with Andy and Jenny. They have plans to move out of town.

The Black Forest fire started only a couple of weeks later, on June 11. The surrounding forest and community was greatly damaged by the fire. I understand that La Foret is still standing.

Chris and Andy at MeadowGrass

Chris and Andy at MeadowGrass

Chapel at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center

Chapel at La Foret Conference and Retreat Center

Monterey

Date: May 27-June 1, 2007
Who: Michelle and myself
Time: 6 days
Weather: cool

This is a flashback post describing a trip to Monterey, California with Michelle a few years ago. I had to attend a work-related conference there and Michelle joined me.

Apparently, this was one of Michelle’s favorite vacations. A main highlight was the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Other highlights included a few hours in San Francisco, super-fresh-picked strawberries, kayaking on Monterey Bay, tandem biking, driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, and good food. I did attend the conference, really!


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Ouray 2012

June 30-July 7, Michelle and I spent a week in Ouray for our 15th anniversary. Some of the highlights of our trip included:
– Staying at a nice rental house
– Plenty of hiking
– Outdoor concert at Ridgway with March Fourth
– Interesting presentation on a device that enables one to type (slowly) with only mind waves
– Bingo at the Ouray Elks Lodge
– Spa treatment and outdoor lounge at Chipeta Sun Lodge
– Reading and relaxing

Ridgway Concert Series 7/5/2012