Steamboat Pilot & Today

Isabelle Mathey, 7, waves as she hands out ice pops at the annual Hayden Daze parade Saturday morning. The event continued with activities, music and a barbecue at Dry Creek Park. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Sunset at the Elk. Submitted by: John McArthur

Cameron Campbell, of Hayden, was chosen as the sixth Hayden Public Library Reader of the Week. Courtesy photo

Missy Beirne admires a collection of cut glass and crystal during Friday’s estate sale. The moose head made of twigs over the fireplace sold for $55. Photo by Tom Ross

Jackie Andrews, of Annie’s Home Consignment, keeps it fun with a 1950s-style kitchen apron during an estate sale Friday in a townhome near the ski mountain in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Tom Ross

A mounted hawk specimen was among the most unusual items at the estate sale. Photo by Tom Ross

Steamboat Springs cancer survivor Brad Cusenbary and seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong share a laugh during the 2010 Ride 4 Yellow event. Photo by Matt Stensland

Brad Cusenbary is flanked by the Tour de Steamboat team, from left, Laura Cusenbary, Katie Lindquist and Abi Slingsby. Brad Cusenbary said a bout with a brain tumor caused him to consider stepping away from his role at the top of the Tour, but the idea of helping children with cancer — the event benefits the Sunshine Kids Foundation — proved too much. Cusenbary still is battling the effects of the tumor that first was discovered more than three years ago. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Miranda Watts has mud wiped off her face Saturday after the Routt County Redneck Olympics Mud Surfing competition. Photo by Scott Franz

Anthony Mathey enters the mud pit Saturday during the Routt County Redneck Olympics in Hayden Photo by Scott Franz

Whittney Lighthizer flies into a mud pit Saturday during the Routt County Redneck Olympics in Hayden. Photo by Scott Franz

Miranda Watts, top, and Jori Cless fly into a mud pit Saturday during the Routt County Redneck Olympics in Hayden. Photo by Scott Franz

Anthony Mathey climbs out of a mud pit Saturday during the Mud Surfing competition at the Routt County Redneck Olympics in Hayden. Photo by Scott Franz

Isaac Phillips splashes into a mud pit Saturday during the Routt County Redneck Olympics in Hayden. Photo by Scott Franz

Reall Colbenson runs Saturday in the Spring Creek Memorial 9-mile race in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Nicole Peterson runs Saturday in the Spring Creek Memorial 9-mile race in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Tom Nelson runs Saturday in the Spring Creek Memorial 9-mile race in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Abbey Manley runs Saturday in the Spring Creek Memorial 9-mile race in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Callie Bradley, right, and Matt Eggen sprint down one of the final stretches of Saturday's Spring Creek Memorial Run in Steamboat Springs. Bradley won the women's side of the 9-mile race, finishing in 1 hour, 15 minutes and 38 seconds. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat's Jake Tremellen dishes the ball Saturday as the Steamboat side beat Grand Junction. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat's Nigel Hammond tries to cut up through the defense Saturday as the Steamboat Men's Rugby Club beat its opponents from Grand Junction. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Redneck Olympics winners were treated to cash prizes and trophies made of rusted horseshoes. Photo by Nicole Inglis

A Mud Surfing competitor flies through the air during the inaugural Redneck Olympics in Hayden on Saturday. Emma Scherer/courtesy

Tom Velasquez, of Hayden, makes his way around the Lawnmower Triathlon obstacle course Saturday during the inaugural Redneck Olympics. Velasquez won the event, beating out the only other lawn mower that didn't break during the three events. Photo by Nicole Inglis

Longtime South Routt School Board member Linda Long was honored this month by the Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services for her years of outstanding service in education. Long retired from the School Board last year. Photo by Scott Franz

John Wither recalls a story about sliding off the roof of his home on a sled along with his sister Sally, behind, on Friday during the Brown Bag Lunch Series at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The organizers of the series, which usually is held at the Tread of Pioneers Museum, moved the event to accommodate the large number of people. Photo by John F. Russell

Riders begin the Rabbit Ears Pass climb Saturday morning during the eighth annual Tour de Steamboat. More than 600 riders tackled three routes during the event, which raises money for the Sunshine Kids Foundation. Photo by Matt Stensland

Kent Eriksen leads out riders Saturday morning at the start of the eighth annual Tour de Steamboat. More than 600 riders tackled three routes during the event, which raises money for the Sunshine Kids Foundation. Photo by Matt Stensland