Rick and Kathy Ryan
Rick and Kathy Ryan, and their daughter Summer were good friends of our family when I was growing up in Hammond, Louisiana. My Dad took them out canoeing for the first time, and we did a lot of bicycle rides with them. Shortly after I joined the Navy in 1980 Rick and Kathy moved to [...] Read more »
Best coffee in Durango
The best coffee in Durango is at Durango Joe’s. It’s also a laid back eclectically decorated place with plenty of seating. I’m sitting in the back room on a nice upholstered chair listening to two meetings going on. One meeting is discussing how to get school kids to do better in their classes, and the [...] Read more »
This is what the eclipse looked like in Durango, Co
Earlier today I received an email from my mother warning me not to look directly at the solar eclipse. Wow! Was she ever right… No I didn’t look at the sun trying to see the eclipse. I pointed my camera at the sun and took a picture. Thanks Mom, good advice is always appreciated. Love [...] Read more »
Gearing up in Durango
Geared up and ready I hiked up about 1/4 of a mile to put in above the play features in Durango’s Santa Rita whitewater park. It’s a big river, and flow is a bit low for this time of year. Today it was running at 1480 cfs. Even so I had a great time. The [...] Read more »
Corner Pocket, the middle hole in Durango
This is where all the action was today. Corner Pocket is a challenging hole, but guys like Dustin Urban make it look easy. I tried a few rides in this one, and then moved down to the bottom hole which was way more forgiving. Read more »
Durango Whitewater park. :)
Taste of Durango
The Trouble with Strange Transmissions.
Life was good. Just over a month ago I purchased an awesome van, and outfitted it for this summer’s road tri. After having my mechanic in Bend check it out we did about $1400 worth of work to make sure it was ready for the road. We fixed a leak in the intake manifold, replaced [...] Read more »
Me and Melissa and Jack.
My wonderful friend, personal trainer, Melissa! I dropped down to Newport Beach for a quick visit. Hadn’t seen this girl in five years. She’s an awesome personal trainer, go catch her workout at Controlled Burn Fitness. Read more »