where were you

time.
I feel like I talk about it all the time.
What was I doing two years ago on 9-11? My heart was fully engaged and love was alive.
What was it like 18 years ago? Our little family waited for information together on our couch. Our lives changed that day forward.
I was in Iraq in 2009 and then in Afghanistan in 2013.
My thoughts from 2008 are the same today.

Love one another above all else.
We are not guaranteed tomorrow.

Cochiti Dam

I did it.
I bought a Stand Up Paddle Board. I used nearly all of my employee recognition points and made the purchase.
I went to the Cochiti Dam.
It is Labor Day weekend and I expected it to be crowded and it was not.
It was perfect. I parked by one of the Boat Ramps and there were maybe 15 cars parked and maybe 20 people on the shore.
It is not luxurious or beachy but it did have some picnic tables and a smidge of shade.
This was too easy and all to satisfying. I will be back. It took me about 45 minutes to get there. Everyone warned me to not speed through the Pueblos. I did not see any Reservation Police.
It is open through October so I hope to get there a few more times.

Cochiti Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed lake located in Sandoval County, New Mexico and within the boundaries of the Pueblo de Cochiti Nation on the Rio Grande about 50 miles upstream from Albuquerque. Cochiti Dam is one of the four Corps of Engineers projects for flood and sediment control on the Rio Grande, operating in conjunction with Abiquiu, Galisteo and Jemez Canyon Dams.