Our initial adventure into the San Juan Mountains was coming to a regrettable close. Elizabeth and I had loved every moment of our Memorial Day weekend (except maybe for the last mile of the Ouray Perimeter Trail) and were already talking about coming back to the San Juans on a skiing trip that winter. We …
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Jason’s Wedding
Back in early January 2024, Elizabeth and I went to a wedding in Virginia for her high school friend. It was a nice enough wedding on the campus of William and Mary in Williamsburg. There were two major highlights in my eyes – first of all, the fact that Elizabeth let me make a stop …
The 2024 Detroit Tigers: How I Fell In Love With Baseball Again (Part Five)
How did we get here? In an abstract way, that’s a great question. The Detroit Tigers were in the middle of one of the greatest playoff runs in the history of Major League Baseball. They’d gotten off the deck – from 1 in 500 playoff odds to 4 in 10. With 7 games to go, …
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Colorado 2024: Telluride
Ouray lied when it called itself the Switzerland of North America. There was nothing wrong with it – it’s truly a beautiful town – but it’s at at the foot of long, slopey mountains with bright-red colors. It feels like you’re in Colorado when you’re in Ouray, even when you’re walking the city streets. Telluride. …
The 2024 Detroit Tigers: How I Fell In Love With Baseball Again (Part Four)
One thing you learn in sports: most great stories don’t actually end up happening. Dreams do come true for a select few teams, and it’s always at the hands of someone else. Being a sports fan is about embracing the journey, embracing the pain, and feeling sweet catharsis when your team finds its way into …
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Colorado 2024: Bridal Veil Falls
They say that nobody shows as much zeal for their new faith and traditions as much as someone who converts to Catholicism. I’m not sure how true that is; it sounds good though. And I sort of get it. Maybe this isn’t a one-to-one comparison, but John Muir became one of the most respected wilderness …
The 2024 Detroit Tigers: How I Fell In Love With Baseball Again (Part Three)
Some things just belong together in this world. Ranch dressing belongs on a salad. Beautiful lakes belong in the mountains. And college football belongs on Saturday mornings in the fall. Don’t mess with what works. So that’s where we can pick up my narrative of the 2024 Detroit Tigers – on a college football Saturday. …
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Denali National Park: Co-Op Visit
If you’re anything like me, then you grew up fascinated my maps, globes, and other things that depicted far-away places. The typical globe when I was growing up showed a few geographic features. Invariably, if mountains were included, then they’d have to include the highest peak in North America – Mount McKinley. At 20,310 feet, …
2024 Year In Review
Another year gone, and this time I wasn’t even awake to wish it good-bye. Yeah, that’s right – Elizabeth and I went to a cooking class in OKC on New Year’s Eve, got home at 10:00, and I was in bed and snugly asleep by 11:00 to be into work on time the next morning. …
Colorado 2024: Ouray
Colorado has a well-deserved reputation for being overrun by tourists. I’ve seen it before – after all, you haven’t lived until you’ve coordinated a wedding with 170 guests in the heart of Colorado’s tourist belt. Memorial Day marks the opening of the summer season across the state, and the San Juan Mountains are no exception …
