Today we went to the Paint Mines out in Calhan. It was windy and cool but the beauty more than made up for the cold wind. One thing you will learn about when on oxygen is that wind makes it very difficult to breath in enough oxygen. We braved our way through the wind and made our way deeper into the cayon type land. We were greeted by bone white, golden yellow, and sunset red rocks. We also found several hoodoo's and some caves. Then once we made it to the bottom we walked along the dry creekbed. Were one would suddenly find themselves transported to another world. You could almost imagion that you were walking on the moon instead of here on Earth.
The Paint Mines were used by the Native Americans to make paint for their clay pottery. Later on they were used by early settlers to make mud bricks for building houses. Not only that but you could see the layers of history 55 million years of life there.
One the way out my oxygen tank ran out, another problem with wind, you don't notice you are out of oxygen until to late. The girls ran a head to get my extra tank from the car. I continued to will myself up the hill stopping to take brakes as I needed. These kind of moments can be super scary and if you don't keep your head you are going to end up having more problems. If you start freaking out you will just raise your heart rate and then end up sucking more oxygen that you don't have. You have to take slow breath's in through your nose and purse your lips as you breath out. Even though it was cold and we had the oxygen scare it was still a wonderful day. Hope to add some pictures soon.
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