Rock and a less marred place

Not a movie set. Rocky Mountains dressed in summer snow.©

Meetings must have been held.

The mountains went all out.

Even the marmot stood Buckingham Palace guard straight and tall.

His smoke alarm style whistling was a bit much, but it’s the welcoming thought that counts.

Crisp washed air. Clear sight.

Distractions sunk beneath Fall River’s roar and dash.

“I’m not out here whistling for my marmot health. Pay attention”©

Night. Electric with a artist’s lightning touch of a thunderstorm.

Fuzzy socks required for daybreak’s sky dye.

Couldn’t be more perfect.

Flatlander skin slips off easily.

The other side is always a mystery. Dad used to sing that “Bear went over the mountain” tune far too gleefully.We worried as kids when the parks were much more wild and much less traveled. Bears encountered in the campground showers probably fed our anxieties.©

What? Not for me? The Dalai Lama in Boulder?

Of course. The best for such company.

But he graciously never minds sharing.

The mountains went all out.

Setting the place.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge

Spring flowers still decorating the meadows. Look hard enough for some yellow ones here. Mountains follow their own whims.©

Boulder, CO has a large Tibetan refuge population (Since 1929) and one of the largest Buddhist communities in America. If you’ve been to the Rockies, you understand. It’s the perfect spot.

• “Dalai Lama visits Boulder for the first time in 19 years” (Denver news video about the event) The 80-year-old Tibetan leader was given a souvenir – something common in Boulder: a bike helmet. “These days I’m too old to bike,” he said, using the gift as his first teaching. ‘Can be taken as a symbolism as a spiritual journey and while you are on that path you need kind of a protection and armor as well against these afflictions.'”
• “Boulder, CU-Boulder prepares to welcome Dalai Lama” (VIDEOS of preparations, pictures, interesting article about the Dalai Lama. Boulder Daily Camera.) CU recently launched The Tibet Himalaya Initiative “an interdisciplinary hub for research, teaching, and public engagement on Tibet and the Himalayas. CU Boulder has unique research strengths in the study of contemporary Tibet and the Himalayas with faculty expertise in Anthropology, Art History, Geography, and Religious Studies…”
• “In Boulder, Dalai Lama advocated for a happier, more compassionate world”. Watch VIDEOs to hear what he has to say during his two teaching sessions…like the meaning of life and creating a happier world. The protesters might have done better listening rather than trying to forward their own causes.
• You have to like the guy. He wore a Buff visor and frequently smiles, laughs, and chuckles. He did ride a bike when younger. Unlike other sought after speakers – like Clinton – the Dalai Lama accepts no money for his words. After expenses, remaining money from events goes not into his pocket, but will be donated to Boulder’s Bridge House, Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, and the Tibetan Association of Colorado to build a proposed cultural center. He talks about the meaning of life and says things like “one key to reducing violence and division in the world is an education system that teaches moral ethics.”
• Free Tibet…it might save us all.

Slipping away not recommended here. Rockin’ a bolder climb in the Rockies’ Wild Basin area ©

Sooner or later I’ll discover how to insert the videos of Cascade Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park. Meanwhile sit by the faucet and turn it on really loud and pretend. Rivers are running fast and high this year.Not the one I slipped in.©

It was crowded as it was summer. Oh, lots of people, too. Elk afternoon grazing on historic MacGregor Ranch pastures. Gracious owners still allow hikers on their trails.©

“What are you looking at? Not on duty all the time. Sunbathing time is in our Marmot Union contract.” (Fall River. Estes Park, CO) ©

 

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