What a great trip! Flew in on Sunday so that I had time to do some tourist stuff before the orienteering events started. I stayed at the M Lazy C Ranch about 5 miles from Lake George, CO. Had the use of the Settler cabin – perfect accommodations. My friend, Sandy, and I did some hiking and practice orienteering before the rest of the folks rolled in on Tuesday evening.

I used my Garmin Forerunner 301 to track my routes around the courses. I only looked at it to take splits at each control. There has been some recent discussions about the fact that these devices are not allowed on the course during Radio Orienteering. Frankly, I have no idea how I could have used the Forerunner to my advantage except for maybe using it to measure distance. Using it to determine my location and to get me to the next control would be impossible. Most importantly, my poor performance probably proves that I didn’t receive any advantage from this device.

Anyway, here are my routes taken from the FR 301 for the following events:
Buena Vista Day 1 Green course
Blue Mountain Day 2 Green course
Manitou Lake Night-O Green course
Lake George 8 Point Relay Yellow course
Round Mountain Day 3 Green course

(Photo courtesy of Eddie Bergeron – Thanks!)
Had a great time in Colorado – 6 orienteering events over five days. Here I am finishing the relay. QOC won the bronze medal in the 8 point category. I led off and was followed by Gayle Ryan, Nadim Ahmed, and Ted Good. More to come.