I finally got out to the Brainard Lake area to do some hiking. I’ve been here once in the past, but did not get out of the car. This time around I hiked out to Lake Isabelle, just shy of the Continental Divide. I made sure to arrive early as...
Just North of Ward Colorado is Beaver Reservoir, accessible by a well graded dirt road (turn off Hwy 7 at sign for Boy Scout Camp, County Rd 96). Roughly 1.5 miles down the dirt road is the National Forest Boundary, which extends all the way to the reservoir (but not...
Tomorrow, Monday the 22nd, is my 42nd birthday and to launch a whole new year I have plotted out a short little 120 mile road trip that will bring me past numerous places I have been looking to visit or re-visit: Brainard Lake, Caribou Ranch Open Space, Mudd Lake, Golden...
A couple weeks back I got a neighbor. Normally I wouldn’t think twice about it, but this huge trailer was still here after a week being parked beside me. So, I figured it was a good time to meet the neighbors; Mike and Ginger. Mike is a fellow Moose and...
Oh how I love to sell things! I finally got Imelda to agree to sell off a bunch of the excess things the three of us had accumulated over the last 5 years. Even me, with my minimalist lifestyle, had more than a few things to contribute to the sale....
It didn’t take much for Conor to convince me to head out for a hike, and since I always neglect the National Park, it didn’t take much more for him to convince me of the trail leading up to Mills Lake. Sadly, even after an entire night’s worth of planning...
Well, a talk with my Mother last week prompted me to put the mini van up on Craig’s List for sale. We bought the little guy last year for only $600, stripped out the back seats (making it completely useless as a van) and added in a bed/couch system, I...
Tim turned 15 in May. He promptly began and completed a 40-hour online course which allowed him to get his driver’s permit early. This past Monday he and I spent a few hours at DMV where he passed his written test, got his photo taken, and is now an official...
We all know the biblical story of Delilah who seduces Samson and cuts his hair while he sleeps, robbing him of all his strength. This is not that story… Instead, a story of Da’lilah (we call her Lilah) who, in an instant, seduced me at the SPCA in California back...
