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The Last Chance Of The Year
There is a saying that “old habits die hard”. This is possibly an overstatement, and it might not apply to everybody. But it is a powerful statement of inertia that applies to a large segment of the...
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An Overlook of the City
Starting sometime between the ages of 3 and 7, we are all asked the same question; What do you want to be when you grow up? Sometime between the day we are first asked this question and the first...
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Two Ways Up Lookout Mountain
The first time I heard about Lookout Mountain, the first thing I thought of was teenagers making out in their cars half an hour after sunset. It just seemed like the kind of place a crazy new high...
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Places of Questionable Significance
In 1983, an incredibly drunk Ozzy Osborne made the mistake of deciding to relieve himself on the Alamo, a building of historical significance. He was arrested (Isn’t public urination usually just a...
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Saying Goodbye to a Travel Partner
This week, it is with great sadness that I say goodbye to a travel partner that has been with me for over a decade; my 1997 Chevrolet Malibu. After showing signs of weakness for several years, it’s...
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Saint John; Virgin Islands
Saint John Island is one of the most remote places within the United States. A part of the United States Virgin Islands territory, it’s year-round population is a meager 4200 people. It can only be...
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A Weekend to Recharge
It’s a day we all experience at some point in the winter season- some of us more than others. A thick layer of low clouds blanket the sky in a manner that states in no uncertain terms that you will...
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Visiting the Past and the Future- Part 2
I came back to the Chicago area for a number of reasons. In fact, I had so many reasons to be here, it would have been hard to justify not being here. Simply put, it was where I needed to be at this...
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Disconnect and Reconnect
2015 is quite a strange time. I wholeheartedly believe that one day we will look back upon this particular era of human history as one of major transition; for better or for worse. It was around...
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Ideas I Am Not Giving Up On
Ideas are powerful! They can outlive the people, and even the places and things originally associated with them. Rome was all but destroyed in the 4th, 5th, and 6th centuries. The people that...
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Taking it to Another Level
I must be insane! The same thoughts have kept popping up into my head about my upcoming trip ever since I planned it roughly six weeks ago. I am so conflicted. On one hand, what I am doing is...
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Backpacking in the Weminuche Wilderness: Day 3
The Weminuche Wildreness appeared to be particularly devastated by the recent Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic. While a portion of the second day was spent above the tree line and in storms for much of...
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Pure Instinct
I needed to take a day “off”, and my instinct told me Wednesday should be the day. Day-to-day life over the past month or so had left me kind of burnt out, unnecessarily and inexplicably exhausted,...
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Celebrating Our Accomplishments
Life is full of events, both events in which we have control over and events which we do not. This is true for everybody, from the most successful and confident people to the most disillusioned....
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An All-Inclusive Week At Cancun’s El Dorado Royal
Day 1: Every time I land in another country, something feels different. I had this feeling when I first landed at the airport in Cancun, despite the fact that much of my surroundings were remarkably...
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Five Years in Denver
A personal narrative.. I cannot believe it has been five years since I moved to Denver, and I cannot believe that 2017 is already half over. I’d say “time flies”, but that is kind of a cliché. Time...
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The Benefits of Being a World Traveler
I usually don’t like posting photos taken from an airplane. Especially ones where the wing of the airplane is clearly showing, like this one … The situation was just too good! The flight path, which...
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Off-Seasons and Wanderlust
We dream of adventures in far away places. The majesty of watching the sun set over an endless ocean from a tucked away campground. Of endless forests, whose trees stretch endlessly up towards the...
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When Questions Lead to More Questions
I boarded a train downtown. I was on it for about half an hour. I stepped off the train in a place called Olde Town Arvada. As soon as I got off the train I felt this pleasant feeling of comfortable...
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A New Appreciation for the First Half of May
This year, many of us suddenly found ourselves living our lives at a far slower pace. This period of partial shut down, with more time to just think and observe what is around us has now extended for...
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