There has been this reoccurring conversation at work lately about having a bunch of little things that need to be done outside of the normal scope of work. You know those tasks that take 15-30 minutes? But what happens when you have a dozen or more of them? Finding time, 6+ hours of time, to…
Category: clifford the big red van
Clifford Turns Three
This weekend marks the third anniversary of me picking up Clifford the Big Red Van in Colorado and driving him home to start this #vanlife thing. I wrote about year one here and year two here. The third year of ownership was less about major upgrades or big trips. The past twelve months was more…
A Late Summer Summary
I feel like I can best summarize my late summer and into autumn with just some pictures of my favorite adventure pooch. Codibob! Anytime we start grabbing backpacks and hiking shoes Codi knows something is up and he starts getting pumped for the adventure ahead. Codi is very particular about the order in which we…
San Juan Huts – Getting to the Start
There is this ability for the human mind to forget how difficult/painful an experience can be. This has to be why women have more than one child and, in my case (and six friends), I decided to ride my mountain bike over 200 miles from Telluride to Moab over a week. Dean, Johnny B and…
My Cup Runneth Over
Today, August 13th, is the first time since July 19th that I have had the pleasure of spending time with just Mia. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been having A LOT of fun the past twenty five days but man oh man has it been busy and slightly exhausting. On July 19th, after…
Rhodes Trip – Anthony Lakes
Back in February I decided to plan ahead. I had some vacation time on the books that expires as of June 30th (and no idea when I was going to be able to use it between January & early June). Toss those vacation days in with a new federal holiday and I decided to make…
ON & OFF RHODES 