Bedrock & Paradox

I’ve been thinking about Glacier a lot lately. I got deep into the luxury of summer in July, in a way I haven’t for a very long time. Almost like childhood it’s been, in the luxuriant and spacious days. But that is over. School starts very soon. I ordered a book (the only one I…

We’ve lived in some excellent places, many of which have had some pretty good beer, but none thus far have had a really exceptional local brewery. By exceptional I mean, one which makes two or more beers which could make my best of list any day. New Belgian is one (1554, Biere de Mars, Mighty…

We arrived home Friday evening with a stuffed full Xterra of our possessions, thing which had been hiding in closets in Ohio and Iowa for many years. Many, of necessity, forgotten. Aside from catching up on sleep and working 12 hours yesterday, all I’ve been doing since has been unpacking and reorganizing it all. It…

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At last. The marathon 19 hour drive Thursday was worth it, we woke up west of Cody, back in the real west. No humidity, brisk morning, rocks, canyon, river. I was very happy. Last night in central Wyoming we hit a small raptor, it hit the edge of the hood and left us a reminder…

http://www.youtube.com/v/l5yXhh_EZjM&hl=en&fs=1& We leave early tomorrow for 1000+ miles of driving from Des Moines to Yellowstone. Reading the Harry Potter series aloud has been good for passing the time. I’m also starting to get the adventure schedule for the next 11 months sorted out (see sidebar). Like the new fall color?

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At one of my old haunts.

I don’t have much right now. We were up until 0100 last night helping Judy and Will make cookies (crazy buggers), and I spent most of today cleaning/sorting/packing/trashing all the stuff I had left at my parents. It’s all going to Montana or the landfill now. We stopped at Pompey’s Pillar National Monument in eastern…

Writing from the lovely Super Huit Hotel in lovely St. Paul. Lots of driving down, more driving to go. In the man time, check this shit out: http://www.youtube.com/v/Pjpg2L-HbPA&hl=en&fs=1&