Boofin' across America
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 »
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 »
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 »
Stuck in the Mud by the Carson River, a set on Flickr. Out on the road things happen. Sometimes they just happen because they do, other times it’s because we’ve done something stupid. Last night I did something really stupid. I got myself stuck down by the edge of the Carson River. Dirt roads and [...] Read more »
Lets recap last summer’s road trip. What began as a simple trip out to Arkansas for our tri annual family reunion turned into an incredibly awesome summer full of new kayaking adventures across the United States. Here’s the blow by blow! Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado. Paddled in the down river sprint on Gore [...] Read more »
These last few months have seen small activity here on the blog. My apologies, live happens and other things have been taking up my time. What sort of other things? Go-Go kinds of things. I’ve been shooting and editing a ton of video for OntheGo-Go.com which is going to transition into Roll35.com on December 1st. [...] Read more »
My friend Deno sent this to me in an email and I think it’s worth posting here. Deno thanks for sharing an awesome lesson. The Charles Schulz Philosophy The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. [...] Read more »
Eight years ago on September 11th 2001 I was the Leading Chief Sonar Technician onboard USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. Tuesday September 11th broke with a typhoon heading towards Tokyo Bay so our daily task was to secure the ship for the storm. Around noon someone made a decision to send everyone [...] Read more »
There’s a chill in the morning air whispering of autumn. 36 degrees the other morning and 48 degrees today. The morning chill is almost enough to warrant shoes instead of flip flops, and a sweater instead of short sleeves. Almost because I know that the morning sun will warm dawn’s early chill shortly. There are [...] Read more »
Last year singer/songwriter Dave Carroll flew United Airlines from Halifax, Canada to Omaha, Nebraska with a layover in Chicago. While on the ground in Chicago a female passenger sitting near Dave and his band, The Sons of Maxwell, exclaimed My god they’re throwing guitars out there. The band looked out the window and sure enough [...] Read more »