Hip Hip Ouray!
We hiked both Mesa Verde and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Parks, as well as the Perimeter Trail in Ouray. The clothing optional hot springs are just a mental picture, thank you. [...]
Moline and Denver Family
Because family is not just an important thing. It's everything! The Illinois and Colorado clans are growing up fast.
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs is rich in natural beauty. Unfortunately we caught Pike's Peak on a bad day :(
Denver and Crop Circles
Crossing over Kearney, Nebraska on our way fromIllinois to Colorado. We see such weird beauty from the air.The Rocky Mountains with a new coat of snow!Our Denver family enjoying the sunshine!Ben sporting a new sleeve [...]
Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado
Soaking the bones in Pagosa Hot Springs, about4 hours SW of Denver. Natural geothermal springshave been mixed with cooler water to providea delightful sulphur soak overlooking the San Juan River.There are 23 pools! They take [...]
Westminster, CO: Pilatus Owners and Pilots Association Conference
We go to POPA to learn about system upgrades, engine performance, and sharpening pilot skills.But sitting in a classroom makes boring pictures, so here's the other cool stuff :)Mmmmm. Chocolate airplane...This artist painted a Pilatuswith his [...]
Guy trip to Boulder
The view from 1000 ft. up - this was pitch 3 of a 5 pitch climb. Multi-pitch climbing is ascending with stops to pull up lineand reset for the next climb.So the more caribiners you strap [...]
Colorado Guy Trip
Mike hiked along with nephews JR and Tim in the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park in UT. The hoodoo rock formations can be as large as a 10 story building - formed by rain [...]
Checking out the view in Telluride, CO
We did our best with the camera, but how do you capture a 360 degree view of snow capped mountains? Good thing our camera was more portable than the one strapped to a mule next [...]
Ouray, Colorado
The discovery of lodes of silver, gold, lead, zinc and copper formed the economic backbone of Ouray for 125 years. The jeep roads that we love to explore started as transportation trails to the [...]
Burning the GRUMP in Crested Butte, CO
Every year in CB on the Autumnal Equinox, the ceremonial "Grump" is burned by the townspeople along with little slips of paper where they've written things they want to let go of, or some such [...]
Jeeping in Crested Butte
We did some wild jeeping on our way up to Pearl Pass (elevation 12,705 ft.) including getting stuck on a slick roadway in the rain. We had to move rocks to reshape the road so [...]