I went biking this past Labor Day for the first time in a very long time - I am thinking well over a year. The past 10 months have been an extremely busy time for me, but now that I am retired, I am hoping to spend much more time doing outdoor things, such as biking, hiking, skydiving, etc. I only did a short, 2 1/2 hour bike ride Labor Day, but after a year, that was plenty. I did find I had enough breath left to take the above self portrait (I refuse to use the term selfie). It was taken in front of the Grant-Humphreys mansion, an historic home located next door to the Governor's Mansion and reputed to be haunted. The last time I was there was for the wedding of a University of Denver Bookstore employee named Aziz, who was originally from Algeria and was studying for his doctorate degree in international studies at DU. The thing I remember most about Aziz is that his grandfather received a pension from the French for fighting the Germans, and a pension from Algeria for fighting the French. Talk about win win.
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