North To Alaska! I’m goin’ north, the rush is on. In fall of 1975, after graduating from CU Boulder with a European history degree, I headed North to Alaska to find my fortune. An intrepid friend of mine, Jimmy Gray, had done it. A few years before,...
And when they loom largeDecades ago-back in the ’60’s and ’70’s-I was quite the outdoorsman. Technical rock climbing. Big game hunter. Fly fishing. Winter camping. Fourteeners. Backpacking and mountain biking. The Colorado Trail, which I...
Ever heard of vivisection? It comes from Latin words meaning “alive” and “cutting.” It’s the practice, in other words, of cutting living creatures. Sounds pretty creepy. And for that reason, the term’s largely fallen out of use....
How we do it Bud’s Warehouse is a Christian ministry helping individuals rebuild their lives from prison, addiction and homelessness by providing entry level jobs and discipleship. Largely self sufficient financially, Bud’s sells gently used, donated...
Past. Present. And FUTURE. Hit the rewind button. Again. Back to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore for a couple of nights at the beautiful State Game Lodge. I stayed there as a kid with my mom and brother on two trips we made to visit her relatives in far...
Big Boy Locomotive Past. PRESENT. And Future. Fast forward to the present. And Cheyenne, Wyoming. On the map, the drive from the Adams Bonanza Farm was pretty straight forward. Southwest to Pierre, the capital of South Dakota and where I spent a night at The...