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 …
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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 …
The 2024 Detroit Tigers: How I Fell In Love With Baseball Again (Part Two)
Interior Alaska in August is a fair approximation of heaven. Imagine being there on your own for your first-ever visit, and you’re learning a whole new office and a whole new forecast area, and you’ve also got an area the size of Indiana to explore. You would feel like you didn’t want to waste any …
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Colorado 2024: The Million Dollar Highway
Tornadic supercells capable of dangerous tornadoes and extreme hail are expected to develop from northwest Texas into much of southwest and southern Oklahoma through evening. Those are sobering words that you don’t want to read as an Oklahoma resident. And so I didn’t! It was May 25, 2024, a day right at the back end …
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Glacier National Park: Many Glacier Hotel
Picture this: you’re sitting in a building on the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake, enjoying a beautiful Montana afternoon. Except your enjoyment is twofold, because not only are you in front of one of the most beautiful views in the world, you also have a beautiful view right in front of you. No, I’m not talking …
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The 2024 Detroit Tigers: How I Fell In Love With Baseball Again (Part One)
There isn’t a more American sport than baseball. Sure, football is more popular, and basketball is more niche to just this country. But baseball has such a connotation with summer, hot dogs, and freedom, that you just can’t help but think of it as our national pastime. I grew up with that worldview: my first …
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Colorado 2024: Ouray
May 25, 2024 dawned beautifully in Montrose. I don’t think I could have asked for anything better – there was a mix of clouds and sun, the temperature must have been right around 50, and on the far side of the RV park, the Uncompaghre River was roaring with fresh snowmelt. The whole world was …
