Rocky Mountain Over The Hill Gang Hill Topics June 2014 PLEASE VERIFY YOUR CHANGE IS EMAIL ADDRESS! GONNA COME It is important that your email address at Log onto www.cmc.org. Click on CMC is correct. All of our correspondence Members tab near the top right of the As of this issue, comes to you through email, including our screen. Then click on My Membership. RMOTHG newsletter and information on hiking, Next, click on My Member Info. You can has begun using the CMC biking, snowshoeing, skiing and social verify all of your information. Under newsletter delivery events. We also send letters to welcome Personal Information, be sure your system. To access the new members to the RMOTHG, as well as correct email address is entered. It is newsletter, simply click on notify you if your membership is about to helpful if your phone number is entered so the link in each month’s expire. Without a correct email, it is we can call you if any problems. 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Martha Delporte, THEATRE-HIKE ~ CHAUTAUQUA PARK Membership Coordinator BOULDER ~ SAT, JUNE 14 ~ 11 AM Join your RMOTHG friends on the Chautauqua trails for Please order tickets at www.chautauqua.com and use Theatre-Hikes Colorado’s madcap adaptation of the the discount code/promotion CMCTH. Please let Lewis Carroll classic, Alice in Wonderland. Alice chases a Susanne Spandau know that you are attending ~ White Rabbit down a hole and into a world in which she [email protected] 303-432-2447. Adult tickets encounters strange creatures and even stranger poetry. (using CMC discount) are $20. Children $17. These prices Audience and actors take an easy (approx.. 1 ½ miles) include a $2 service charge. hike amidst the scenic backdrop of Boulder Open Space while scenes from "Alice in Wonderland" are performed Please bring a lunch you can along the way. Audience members are encouraged to carry in your day/fanny pack bring camping chairs and/or blankets and mats to sit on and we’ll eat together after the while watching the scenes. In case of inclement weather, hike in the picnic shelter. We’ll the performance will be held under the Picnic Shelter. supply chilled drinks. Hill Topics JUNE 2014 PAGE 2 of 8 ARTICLES SECTION CHAIR’S 1~ Verify your Email 1~ New Address for Newsletter MESSAGE 1-Theatre Hike 2~ Section Chair’s Hello Everyone, Message 2~ Social Activities Coordinator Wanted “AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days;” 3~ Learn to Navigate ~James Russell Lowell 3~ Summer Picnic 4~ Summer Campout It’s hard to believe it is June---2014 seems to have zipped 4~ Cycling by so far. Biking and hiking trips are up and running in earnest, and the summer picnic is only six weeks away. 5~ Hiking 5~ Trail Work Though it’s just June, it is not too early to think about RECRUITING NEW BOARD MEMBERS for the new year. 6~ CMC Happenings The RMOTHG follows CMC’s 10/1-9/30 calendar year, and new members will be elected at the annual meeting in 7~ Fun Photos September. There are nine members, and they serve three-year terms: each year, then, three members’ terms are up, though they may continue on to a second one if they choose. If you or someone you know has an interest in the organization as a whole, email or talk to me or any BOD member about what being on the board entails. We meet six times a year. Our principal tasks are to manage the budget, facilitate communication among members, and keep a general eye on how things are going in RMOTHG activities. All the best in this beautiful season, Cynthia For two years we’ve have had the good offices of Jane Vanderkolk as the RMOTHG’s social activities HELP WANTED! coordinator. Jane works with a committee of four to Social Activities plan and carry out a variety of activities, which are open to all members. Several of them—the summer Coordinator forpicnic, 2015 annual meeting, and holiday party especially—require a considerable amount of thought and organization. It’s not too early to begin looking for her replacement for 2015. Jane would like to pass the baton to another member then and is willing to assist her or him in learning this essential volunteer position. Please consider talking to or emailing Jane, [email protected] or her committee members---Diana Bliss, Joy Cron, Ida Sansoucy and Carol Shansby---about what the job entails. The coordinator and her committee members’ work add immeasurably to the RMOTHG experience of building a community of folks with like interests. Hill Topics JUNE 2014 PAGE 3 of 8 WANT TO LEARN TO NAVIGATE? TO GET THERE & BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS? Nate Atkins (who teaches this for CMC and in WTS) is offering two classes for RMOTHG members to learn to increase your map and compass skills. MAP AND COMPASS CLASS Saturday, June 14 8:00am - 1:00pm we will practice with our compasses at the Golden High School football field at 701 24th. Street. Optional at 1:00pm is navigating to a place to eat lunch (if you can find it!) Cost for this class is $2 registration per person to put money towards buying Nate and any of his helpers lunch or beer. Bring: pencils, compass, straight edge, sunscreen, hat and rain gear (just in case), water, snack, money if joining us for lunch. Please meet us at the Golden HS football field bleachers 701 24th. Street. CONTOURS CLASS Wednesday, June 18, 1:00pm – 4:00pm at North Table Mountain. (We are not offering this on a weekend due to the high volume of bike riders and park visitors). We will be on and off the road/trail up to and on top of the park (approx. 4-5 miles). We will park at the City of Golden’s Parking Lot for North Table Mountain at Wyoming Circle and Pine Ridge Road (this is different than the normal west parking lot for North Table Mountain hikes. Take Pine Ridge Road east off Hwy 93 - just a little way above where Washington and Ford streets come into Hwy 93.) Bring: We will supply the maps. Bring your compass, straight edge, pencil, hat, sunscreen, rain gear, boots, water, and a snack. Questions? Sign up under Classes rather than trips on the CMC website. Call Sue Henley 303-570-0129 * THE ANNUAL PICNIC IN THE PARK * JULY 19 ~ can sign up June 6 The Annual Summer Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, allows only 3.2 beer but no July 19th at deKoevend Park at 6301 S University in restrictions on the wine. Centennial. This is near the intersection of University Ave. and Arapahoe Rd. What you bring will be determined by the first Before the picnic participants will have the option of letter of your last name: enjoying either a hike or bike activity in the area. Pete A – L appetizer or chips/dips, Spandau is leading the biking group and Michael Tamny M –R salad is in charge of the hiking. S - Z dessert The picnic will be at Pavilion C in the park (it is just in Your Social Committee, back of the Goodson Recreation Center) so take Diana Bliss advantage the opportunity for some great food and a Joy Cron chance to mingle with familiar as well as new friends. Ida Sansoucy Sandwiches will be provided by the RMOTHG and Carol Shansby participants are asked to bring appetizers, salads and Jane VanderKolk desserts. If you wish to have beer or wine, the park Hill Topics JUNE 2014 PAGE 4 of 8 There are limited places left for the Turquoise Lake Campout August 11 TURQUOISE LAKE through 14. Email or call Sandy McRae if you are interested. CAMPOUT! [email protected]; home (303) AUG. 11 ~ AUG. 14 670-5764, cell (303) 596-5639. PROPOSED BIKING OUTINGS 6/6 Chatfield Reservoir Loop CYCLING 6/13 Bear Ck, Platte Rv, Sanderson Gulch Loop RMOTHG has cycling rides on most Fridays during the 6/20 Cherry Ck, Highline Cnl, summer months in the Denver area. About 20 to 30 Tollgate Loop bikers participate weekly riding on bike paths throughout 6/27 Easley Rd, Clear Ck, Ralston the Denver, Boulder area. Sometimes we go west to Ck Loop Summit County. We usually ride a distance of 20 to 30 miles at a speed of 10 to 12 mph in the mornings, and finish with an optional lunch at a nearby restaurant.