Steamboat Today: Photos for August 13, 2006

Local kayak instructor Barry Smith paddles while waiting for one of his daily groups of first-time kayak learners to reach the end of their two-hour lesson.

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Hayden resident Millie Delaney, 9, walks her quarter horse Dusty Downs to judge Sheryl McConnell during Saturday's open horse show at the Routt County Fair.

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The city of Steamboat Springs recently added recycling bins at the Brent Romick Rodeo arena. The hope is that fans will use the bins to recycle aluminum.

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Ria of Northern Ireland ad Moriya of Israel sing a verse of "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)" by the Proclaimers during the Building Bridges for Peace seminar at Colorado Mountain College last week.

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Landlord Scott Wedel sits outside his duplex at 2075 Walton Creek Road in Steamboat Springs. Wendel's nine tenants could face eviction Sept. 4 if a city ordinance is upheld.

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Dave Turner, left, and Eric McComb ride up Rabbit Ears Pass Saturday during the Tour De Steamboat.

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A Wild West Relay runner headed west to Steamboat passes cyclists heading east up Rabbit Ears Pass for the Tour de Steamboat on Saturday morning.

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Aaron Hornstein looked ready for football season, and a few more no-handed pushups during a conditioning camp help last week at the high school. Practice offically begins Monday. (Corrected from an earlier version)

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Steamboat Springs back Westin Cofer clears a cone during an agility drill at conditioning camp last week.

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Chris Cole, left, kicks the ball for Steamboat while a Trefor Davies from Vail attempts the block. Vail defeated Steamboat 28-25 on Saturday.

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Brian VanMeueren ends his leg at the Wild West Relay, handing over race duties to Fort Collins "No Small Feet" teammate Holly Osborne at relay station #31 atop the east summit of Rabbit Ears Pass on Saturday morning.

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A Wild West Relay competitor begins her leg of the race Saturday morning from relay station #31 on the East summit of Rabbit Ears Pass.

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Cowboys and cowgirls gather in a circle for worship time before a rodeo practice at the Tuff E Nuff Rodeo Company on Wednesday evening.

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Guy Urie teaches young riders what needs to be known about bull riding, saddle bronc riding and bull fighting at the Tuff E Nuff Rodeo Company.

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Layne Behrman works to stay on his bull during the first ride of the evening at the Tuff E Nuff Rodeo. The rodeo is held every Wednesday night during the summer.

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Layne Behrman tapes his wrist in preparation for an afternoon of bull riding at the Tuff E Nuff Rodeo Company, where learning is what it's all about.

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Bull rider Caleb Brown of Craig shoots out of the chute durinng a Wednseday night Tuff E Nuff Rodeo at Guy and Linda Urie's ranch.

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Australia's Tanya Faux was the overall female winner in the Paddler Magazine Pro Invitational, which included a timed race on Fish Creek and a freestyle event on the Yampa River.

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Australia's Tanya Faux was the overall female winner in the Paddler Magazine Pro Invitational, which included a timed race on Fish Creek and a freestyle event on the Yampa River.

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Australia's Tanya Faux was the overall female winner in the Paddler Magazine Pro Invitational, which included a timed race on Fish Creek and a freestyle event on the Yampa River.

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Steamboat Springs Middle School sixth-graders, from left, Natalie Pearl, 12, and Molly Dierdorff, 12, build a sand castle on the beach at Stagecoach State Park. All of the school's sixth-graders visited the reservoir for a day of swimming and boating.

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Bucking Rainbow Outfitters/Blue Sky West raft guide Pete Scully leads clients down the Yampa. The local rafting company predicted a good summer for boat trips because of exceptional snowfall during the winter of 2005-06.

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George Donahue, of Oak Creek, tries his luck fishing below the spillway of Bear Lake during the early spring, when melting snow from the Flat Tops fueled high streamflows.

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Visitors relax and enjoy the Yampa River on a hot summer afternoon.

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John Anorella, wilderness coordinator for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest's Yampa District Office, turns water on for summer campground use at Bear Lake.

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Pat Gorham fly fishes in the Yampa River west of town on an early morning.

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The Morris family, father, Alan; mother, Karen; daughter, Audrey, 8; and son, Rowan, 4, take a five-day raft trip down the Yampa. Here, they shove off at Echo Park with Steamboat Rock in the background.

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Two young friends find relief playing in the Yampa near the "C-Hole," where an arrangement of boulders makes a popular play area for kayakers, rafters and swimmers.

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Local kayak instructor Barry Smith waits for one of his daily groups of students as he shares the river with passing tubers.

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Visitors and locals play and cool off in a stretch of the Yampa River at Dr. Rich Weiss Park.

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Three Boulder men designed Crocs as the perfect boat shoes. Now, they can be found everywhere and on people of all ages.

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The views from the first phase of Alpine Mountain Ranch take in U.S. Highway 40 where it begins to ascend Rabbit Ears Pass with Flat Top Mountain just visible in the distance.

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