Colorado is still fantastic... It was my second straight trip, and my next-door neighbor's 36th straight. If you ever go, you'll see why.

I wasn't fortunate enough to connect, as something was JUST awry on several opportunities. It's probably the closest I could imagine coming to hunting as hard as I did and not bringing one back home with me.

It was great physical conditioning (now I've just got to keep it up!), and a great mental break... now it's time to concentrate on the whitetails.

Here's a little pic of where I got to live for the last week anda half... elevation 9,100 ft.