The Trail Blazer’s transmission gave out on Imelda last weekend and with a repair cost in the $4,000 range it was decided to simply replace the aging truck with a newer SUV. Imelda had been talking about getting something with 4WD ever since coming to Colorado, with the snow and...
I have so many travel/activity ideas romping around in my head for this summer that I feel the need to put them on ‘paper’. Many of these activities are the same ones that I think of each summer but continue to pass up when something else, (usually larger and more...
It was 5479 days ago and Imelda and I had just finished our final child birth class that very evening. It was her final day at work that day, having just begun her 3-week maternity leave. We had just completed a late evening walk through the mall and even ate lemon...
This month is a little different than the past few months. It is the first one in which I pretty much sat still for the entire month. This causes a shift in my primary spending… from gasoline to other things. Instead of the normal $300 or more, I only spent...
I decided to go out for another mountain bike ride before a final snow storm worked it’s way through the area mid-week. Only two days after my last mountain bike ride, the original plan was to tackle two other nearby trails, but as is the norm with any plans I...
I have hiked the Picture Rock trail a couple times, and each time I had noticed how great of a Mountain Biking trail it would be. Sunday, I finally tackled it on a bike and it was a fantastic little trail. It is gently uphill for 3 miles to an...
The past few months I have been hauling around this mountain bike inside the Compact Jr trailer behind the van. With the trailer being stored I was in need of a new way to transport the bike. I did have a hitch-mount rack for the rear, but I desperately need...
Recently I watched a documentary about how more than 1 Billion (yes, that is with a B) people in the world live on the equivalent of 1 US dollar per day, or less. These folks make life and death decisions based on a few dollars. The spare change in the...
I found a deal on Craig’s List… one I have been waiting for ever since I donated my last microwave (the one I bought for $8) two years ago. I can not use this thing unless I am plugged in at an RV park, as I no longer carry a...
