Day 2: Whirlwind Gallery Tour

Whirlwind gallery tour, Day 2, started in an interesting way. I awoke early, about 5:am. I got up, made coffee, and went online to check business emails. I was sitting in the Breckenridge kitchen in sweats and a hoodie, typing emails to Tasmania and Santiago when my Dad came into the kitchen and exclaimed how cold it was! (Well, it WAS 20* outside...) I hadn't noticed it, but the furnace was not running and it was 59* in the kitchen.

We got the furnace working a couple of hours later, and soon after breakfast, we headed to Vail and our next gallery. That visit was nice, and Dad left some sculpture pieces with the gallery owner. (That's always a good thing.)

In the afternoon we all split up to do our own thing. Here's what my Dad chose to do:

Hike up the "hill" back behind the house...
My Dad's white sweatshirt can be seen in the little white circles in these photos:

Keep on hiking...up and up...and a little over...

Interesting footnote to this part of Dad's climb, and highly scientific:
He said there was no oxygen from the start to the top of his climb thus far.

And then Dad was 1/2 way through his "hike". Here he was meeting up to a decent trail (all other had been fairly bushwacking.), and then further down to a paved road...

Then he decided to run...

And run all the way home...

Honestly. You would think he could act his age.
We are so glad he doesn't!

He remarked to Mom, on the walk back up the drive,

that perhaps she could do the climb "out back".
She replied that he needed to get over his "runner's high".