Having a job where I am on the road half of the month, I spend a lot of time in hotels. It is easy to default to sitting in the hotel and staring mindlessly at the screen. A better option is to get out and experience whatever that location offers. …
As summer is beginning to make it’s transition into fall, this year is proving to be an amazing display of nature’s power. The heavy winter snowpack across the west paved the way for strong spring vegetation growth and abundant wildflowers. As the dry summer progressed, the hot dry weather made …
Life lesson #372…or whatever number we are up to now. Sometimes you just gotta pet the whale!! Forty years ago, give or take a few years, we made a family trip up the west coast. While my memories of the trip centered more around the being a pain in the …
Once a year, I get the opportunity to join a group of old guys on a snowshoe outing into the Colorado backcountry spending a couple nights in one of the 10th Mountain Division huts. This year, Vance Hut near Leadville, Colorado was the plan. A motley crew indeed but a fun group to …
With a 3-day break in my work schedule, I took the opportunity to travel to Northern Montana in hopes of capturing some great fall color in and around Glacier NP. In addition to the seeing the great color the Aspen trees offer, this was also an opportunity to scout out …
In a prior post, I mentioned how we often miss those opportunities that are right in our backyard. Today was a classic example of what could have been an epic miss. I got a Facebook callout on the solar eclipse that was happening today. I did set my alarm to …
Sometimes those amazing things in life are in our own backyard. Yet, sometimes we completely overlook or fail to appreciate what is right at our fingertips. I had friends visiting from Colorado who have a great enthusiasm for outdoor activities and have made the decision in their life to make time …