I drove up to Cripple Creek this past weekend...WOW...The colors were so brilliant.
especially the Aspens...I got out and stood among the trees...and it sounded like gold tinsel hitting together(no I wasn't stoned)....If you haven't had the chance to go up there yet, I hope you can go in the next week or so...also we had planted about 60 or 70 flowers this summer..in the front and out back on the deck...Well the cooler nights finnaly took a toll on 'em...so it was time to pull 'em and put up all the pots and hanging baskets...till next spring.
Later
Chuck Squire

The Summer That Won't Die?

Next weekend we'll be into the month of October, but the weather still says August. This certainly is one of the hottest summers I can remember. I know a lot of people who are ready for the warm dry weather to be over. As for me, I'm okay with this summertime stuff for a few more weeks. As long as leaves are starting to fall by Halloween, I'm good!

Dirk Kirkland
KKFM Weekends

Hi
If you're mountain bike rider..you know many of them don't come cheap...and some of those bike racks that attach to the back of cars are not very secure. I had one of those racks for about a week ...but the straps kept comming off...and I don't want one of those bikes to fall off!!! So now, I gonna get a trailer hitch on my car and carry my mountain bikes that way. The racks that attach to the trailer hitch look to be pretty secure and easy to load the bikes on!!
But to put a trailer hitch on a car or truck ain't cheap!!!This mountain bike ridin' is turning out to be much more expensive than I had thought...but some of the bike trails, like up at the Air Force Academy ,are so beautiful and fun to ride....So to get the bikes there ..you gotta haul 'em there.....so I guess that's just the way it is!!..
Later
Chuck Squire

Hi
Chuck Squire here.. These pix are from my recent vacation to Playa del Carmen(south of Cancun)..There is this place called XEL-HA...It's a freah water river that runs into the ocean..It's like a big water park where you can float down the river to the ocean..and the most important thing you do there is snorkel...the sting ray was very graceful and had a huge stinger on his tail...now here's the story on the BARRACUDA
You rent a locker at XEL-HA to put you wallet, shoes.. etc in and they give you a key..they have you put the key around your neck on a lime green draw string...so you won't lose it...okay? I came across the Barracuda..about 10 feet from shore...he was just sittin' there ..very still in the water...I'm takin' pictures of it...when I noticed it kinda changed its position and was lookin directly at me ..I could see its eyes kinda gettin bigger...then I realized I had this gold key around my neck ..it was like a LURE!!!!!..So I backed off very slowly and swam away..I thought about this later and considered myself lucky...I don't think it could have eaten me..but it could have taken a big bite....
Later

Time to Start Thinking About Halloween!!

It's still roughly 6 weeks away, but Halloween's the first thing I think of heading into fall. I haven't done the costume thing in a while. I was thinking of maybe Alfalfa from "Lil Rascals" or maybe one of the characters from the new TV reality show "Swamp People". All I would need is a gut, a dirty t-shirt, and some them "Billy-Bob Teeth"!

Dirk Kirkland
KKFM Weekends

there was 9/11...then there was 9/13

watching these real time replays of the news coverage as it happened that fateful morning of September 11th 2001 is still very unnerving..those billowy clouds of smoke rising from the doomed Towers. The scramble to get information on the air...sometimes wildly inaccurate (as you guess in the ensuing chaos). The sense as you watched the coverage on TV that this was something more..something developing that we could not imagine.

Back then I was hosting the Mark Bros morning show on KKFM..our discussion that morning had centered on the Broncos-Giants Monday night game the night before.But then that first plane struck...and then minutes later the second, And nothing would ever be the same for any us , ever again.

I have two lasting impressions of that week. One was coming home on that Tuesday and not hearing any air traffic ( I lived out by the airport at the time) and it was eerie. Except for one sound: jets on patrol high above us. It still sends chills down me to this day. Just that sound of military air patrols...cascading through the skies.

The other lasting impression was Thursday 9/13. At KKFM and the other Citadel stations there at Tiffany plaza..we decided to set up shop outside the building and do a fund raiser for the American Red Cross. We really didn't know what to expect. What we got , to this day remains for me the single most amazing radio memory I have. Hundreds..thousands maybe came by and donated. Some just wanted to talk. Shake some hands...got out of the house and see real people and not watch any more painful TV coverage. We went over 13 hours straight until it got too dark to channel traffic into the lot. I remember looking up and seeing a wall of headlights on Woodmen that still wanted to come by and donate and ...touch people.

To this day it remains the most amazing , incredible display of honest emotions and feelings and sadness and human spirit I have ever been privileged to be a part of . The amount of money raised was staggering $500,000 plus..but it was the sheer "human-" (is there such a word?) that has stayed with me all these years.

Let us never forget . Let us always strive to be better people and honor those who sacrificed and were lost, both that terrible day, and the years since in the two wars

We all recognize and have our own very personal recollections of 9/11. It forever changed things then , and continues to do so, to this day.

Mark Stevens

Hey
Back from my vacation...I had a great time in Playa del Carmen. It's about 45 minutes south of Cancun. This is my 4th time there...The resort is located 2 blocks from 5th Ave, where there are about 2 miles of shops and bars and clubs and grat places to eat!...The ocean was so clear...the water was up to my face and I could still see my feet on the bottom....But it was hot and it is great to be back!!!
I took some pictures of the fishes while snorkeling...I'll up load for ya in the near future.
Later
Chuck Squire

throwing FIRE ..how could that go wrong?

Labor day weekend is HERE..traditionally the unofficial end of summer. How was yours? Mine seemed to fly by..if you go by the measuring sticks of Memorial day to Labor day..it was crammed full o' stuff. We began with Territory Days(crazy but fun)..segueing quickly into Springspree..both LONG hours for us here at KKFM. Did the Royal Ride for the Renaissance , motored over to Country Jam for a weekend in Grand Junction. Fourth of July..some vacation time in there..back for a CRAZY night at Cowboys for Bret Michaels..then in LaJunta for Eddie Money and WAY too much fun...couple of stops at our friends at the DOUBLE EAGLE and whewwwwwwww:))

Now Labor Day weekend and the State Fair. Lots of live broadcasts, Queensryche and American shows..Monster Trucks and Demo Derby . whew! and FOOTBALL is here. Air Force kicks off its season, prepping for the big BYU game on 9/11. Toss in some pre-season Bronco games,,Sky Sox and Rockies and of course the GREAT Drive In Auto Sound Summer of Sound KKFN 25th concert series (including Rush..the Scorps..Heart..Black Crowes and more great shows ahead) and YES it was a rockin summer

which brings us to this..we have the balloon classic and great festivals all year long. El Salvador has the FIREBALL FESTIVAL,,to commemorate a volcanic eruption, groups toss FIRE at each other. While on the surface my first reaction is SWEET!!!--maybe the balloon glo might be a little safer.

Party RESPONSIBLY everyone..make your plans NOW. be safe. and NO FIRE THROWING.

happy LABOR DAY! enjoy

Mark Stevens

HiYa~ I got bit in the eye by a spider.. This sucks!
Much Love
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