I spent the weekend exploring two rail trails. Both, I have done more than once each. The super popular Lower Deschutes River Trail and the lesser loved, more rugged, Klickitat River Trail. Back in January I started booking campsites with the idea of a once-a-month trip. Mia and I are not planning any sort of…
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A Multitude of Tasks
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…
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…
