Hike Around the Hill
I took this hike around the hill. I've done it before, but a good long hike is a nice active recovery day.
Morning ride to Kamas
This was, like most rides out here, brutal. You are either going up or going down. There are no flats. The ups are 2+ miles (one was 2.9 today) with 4.4%-5%+ grade. Just long slogs.…
Martini Update
As the kids say, it's been a minute. Six and a half months give or take a day. It's all been good; I just haven't cared to post. Tonight, however, I thought I'd post to…
Had to have “the talk” with my daughter
My daughter and I were running errands this afternoon and I decided, when I left her in the car to pop into a store, that we needed to have "the talk." It's become a…
Spirit, not the letter…
Today marks the end of Dry January for me. I know what you're thinking, "it's February 3rd, January ended three days ago." True, but I had no intention of doing Dry January this year until…
0 for 0, 1 for 4, 0 for…
Friday I left Utah to come back home. I was ready. I left at 5:30 a.m. I was 0 for 0 in Utah. I didn't see any police in speed traps and didn't get any…
Snow to the right of me…snow to the…
And so ends the first half of my ski season. Yesterday was my last day skiing in Utah until March (more on that in a minute). When I left my place it was overcast, but…
Western Update…
# 8 Rio Bravo #10 Meek's Cutoff #25 True Grit (the remake in 2010) #47 Bad Company Currently watching Johnny Guitar. (you won't believe what instrument he plays!)
Things I’m Trying to Do This Year
The first two on my list were: Read one book per week and finish one Great Course per month. Yesterday I added "watch all the movies on Vulture's list of the 50 Greatest Western Movies…
Wonderful long weekend…
This weekend my wife came out for a visit. She arrived late Thursday night and left early this morning. We had a great time (at least I did). We skied each day. Friday and Saturday…