Back in January of this year, Brian (of Aluminarium) showed me his very cool sling-pack; the VSlinger by Vanquest. Since then I have desperately wanted one but as luck would have Vanquest had just discontinued the VSlinger. Vanquest was in the process of creating ‘version 2’ so I was forced...
One of the great things about camping here at the Moose Lodge is that I get new neighbors each week. This week was Andy and Diane Hitzel from Pottsville Pennsylvania in their Bounder Class-A, who have been full-timing since the late 90’s. During the few days we were neighbors we...
It has been 3 months since I have returned to the Longmont Moose Lodge. Upon arrival, I figured I would be gone within 5 to 6 weeks, but the unexpected temp work lured me in to stay the whole summer. Once again, same as last year, my projected departure date...
I played hooky from work today and went across town to Union Reservoir where the 35th annual Kinetic Sculpture Race was happening. What is a Kinetic Sculpture Race? “Teams build human powered vehicles that must complete a course that goes over land, water, and various other obstacles (both intended and...
No where near as celebrated as the Mother’s edition, we Fathers get our day to be wined and dinned once a year as well. Today Timmy treated me out to breakfast at our local mom-n-pops dinner where the morning weather was so perfect, we ate our eggs and bacon out...
This weekend was the annual Home on the Grange event, only a few miles outside of Longmont. The event was showcasing some vintage trailers, and since I got a thing for ’em, I set out with my camera…
In a second day in a row of physical activities (aka – Conor trying to kill me) we set out on our mountain bikes to re-tackle a trail we did years back when Conor first came to Colorado; Hall Ranch. I struggled, of course, but ended fighting off a few...
Conor and I can no longer say we have never hiked in the Wild Basin area of the National Park. On Tuesday we set out to photo Ouzel Falls, roughly a 3 mile hike each way. A side benefit to hiking up in the National Park was the temperature was...
I have been wondering if I made the right choice; choosing some extra cash over my freedom for the summer. It certainly is not feeling like the right choice, but I can’t fight it that the extra cash has been coming in handy. The biggest problem is the lack of...
