Yesterday I published a blog post about Dan and my hijinks in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, there was no way to include as many photos as I would have liked without making the post run on for days. I found SLC to be a vivid and beautiful city –if quiet, especially as our main […]
Read MoreSalt Lake City, part 1
Back home in Ohio I worked for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conducted by John Morris Russell. When I was leaving Cincinnati, John reminded me that he guest-conducts the Utah Symphony in the summer, and that some time Dan and I ought to come out for a concert. Not the type to turn down that kind […]
Read MoreFlaming Gorge/Firehole Canyon
It has been a while since Dan and I have taken to the open road for more than a 2-hour drive. This weekend we voyaged to Salt Lake City — but on our way to Utah we camped in Wyoming in a beautiful area of Flaming Gorge called Firehole Canyon. It was a perfect excursion […]
Read MoreColorado Tiny House Festival
Dan shot all of the following photos at the 2018 Colorado Tiny House Festival, which covers an entire fairground in Brighton with double-wide mobile homes, towable trailers, and everything in between. (Not that you can tell, but he used the same camera that Nathan used for his mountain bike photography — Dan fell in love […]
Read MoreMountain biking, part 3: Red Mountain Open Space
This is the third and final photo essay from Nathan and Dan’s recent mountain biking excursions. (Here are part 1: Horsetooth Mountain, and part 2: Curt Gowdy State Park.) In part 3, our friend Justin joins Nathan and Dan again to take on Red Mountain Open Space in northernmost Colorado. (Below is the kind of shot […]
Read MoreMountain biking, part 2: Curt Gowdy State Park
Yesterday I started a three-part series, sharing photos from Dan and his friend Nathan’s recent mountain biking excursions. (If you missed it, here’s part 1: Horsetooth Mountain.) For part 2, our friend Justin joined Dan and Nathan for a ride through Curt Gowdy State Park in Wyoming. (Red helmet = Justin!) (Stand-up paddleboarding is on […]
Read MoreMountain biking, part 1: Horsetooth Mountain
Nope nope nope, not *me* on a mountain bike. That would be a very different kind of post, ending with photos of northern Colorado’s finest hospital. Dan’s good friend Nathan flew out from Nashville last week. He and Dan spent 3 solid days mountain biking in Colorado and southern Wyoming. I begged Nathan to snag a […]
Read MoreCamping in Moraine Park
I’m gettin’ too old for this sh*t. ??? Months ago, Dan snagged a campsite at Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. (I always say if you can camp at Rocky on a Saturday, go for it… if you can camp on a Wednesday night, even better!) That night finally rolled around, so we mounted our […]
Read More33 in 3: two-year update
Just about 2 years ago, I set myself a 33-item challenge for my 33rd birthday. I have roughly another year to complete my “33 in 3” challenge; here’s where I’ve landed so far — I need to get to work!: My 33 in 3: Move to the mountains Complete an overnight hike Complete a hike alone […]
Read MoreFiesta!
Hickory Street is perhaps half a mile from my house; I ride my bike there often. I met my friend Kate and her two sweethearts for an afternoon of ambling Sno Cones at the Fiesta de Movimiento Comunitario de Hickory Street. Kate and her boys helped judge a salsa competition as part of the festival. All […]
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