The Colorado National Monument is best toured by car, driving along a 20+ mile road around the ridge in and out of the canyon channels. Along the way, there are lots of stops to hop out, look, take pictures, hike, etc. – enough to spend a large chunk of the… Continue reading
Out of Leadville we headed to Mt. Elbert. We got to the trailhead and started hiking around 9:00 — 9:30, which was again kind of late compared to when we should have been getting started. We should have been on the trail right around sunrise, which I think was about… Continue reading
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