We woke up, packed and headed back into Rocky Mountain National Park to hike up Mt. Ida — one of the mountains Janet had hiked on her last visit to the area. We started up the mountain around 9:30 — 10:00 which was a bit later than expected, but it… Continue reading
We left Chicago at around 6:30AM flying into Denver on Southwest. This was my first time flying Southwest after a lot of flying, mostly on Delta. A few things were different — the main one being no predetermined seats. Southwest has everyone line up by check in number and then… Continue reading
Some years ago I documented some thoughts on Windows 7 when I first installed it. I believe most if not all of them still hold true. It’s a fine OS, but other than updates to the base structure and security offers little that I care about over Windows XP (and… Continue reading
Despite not caring much for most sports, I really like the Olympics, with a heavy weighting toward events that showcase strong individual performances. Since they started a few days ago, and I don’t have cable or (in an apparent change since the Winter Olympics) a useful antenna reception, I was… Continue reading
Here I sit, freshly returned from Grand Marais this year. Josh and I headed up to do some paddling in the U.P. but we weren’t officially attending the Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium. We did get to hang out with some people though, and as a result may be going… Continue reading
I’m not sure of the exact date at the moment, but sometime in mid July, Todd and Linda had organized a kayaking trip to Lime Island in the UP / Canada. The plan was to get to the launch around 5:30 on Friday evening and head over to the Island… Continue reading
Playing “blog-entry-catchup” here, but backdating things so no one will know… Fourth of July weekend is kind of a big deal for Traverse City, the surrounding area and probably anywhere that has an economy reliant on summer tourism. It’s a popular time to come back to visit, and Mark and… Continue reading
WPC 21 took place in Qingdao China… honestly, not my favorite place to visit. I had been to Qingdao once before for a quick business visit, but to a more industrial area. This time we were staying in a hotel on the coast – I guess this is somewhat of… Continue reading
I will hereby take a break from travel pictures to share a picture of something must less important… Dinner. Also, why you should never eat anything I prepare. So, I was hungry… looking in the fridge: there’s a bag of spinach and an over ripe mango. I happen to recall… Continue reading
Dinner’s in half an hour, so if I’m quick I’ll get some initial pictorial impressions from Bangalore up here before then… We went on a bit of a sight-seeing tour the first day, the highlights of which were the 240 acre Botanical Gardens and the Bangalore Palace. And, with that,… Continue reading