It's been a long time coming. The shutdown in 2020 prevented plans, and then stuff going on in 2021 delayed plans again. However, Allie and I have finally made the drive to the highest paved road (and subsequently, the highest paved parking lot) in North America! We decided to take Joie and Toebzilla with us as well. Even though the drive can be a bit nerve-racking, especially near the top, the experience was great once we reached the summit. I'm glad we were able to visit the summit together. The weather was clear and the temperature was nearly perfect (not too hot or too cold). It was a great way to beat the 100+°F temps in the Denver area for the day (at least until we returned home).
My personal glimpse into the first half of the 21st Century for some yet to be known future
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Mount Evans Day Trip
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Mexican Food this authentic should be illegal outside of Mexico
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Monday, July 12, 2021
The Ice Dragon and the Blue Rose, Second Edition is now available!
At long last, the Second Edition of my book, The Ice Dragon and the Blue Rose is now available. The book has been refreshed to use current common practices for ebook organization; and, well, spelling and grammar fixes.
This is a "Decide My Quest" story that allows you to choose how you wish to experience your quest. This is an awesome reimaging of 2nd person and interactive storying telling. Your choices allow you to see the same story from multiple (and sometimes opposing) perspectives. I loved making this story and even rereading it! The story contains multiple dead-ends and multiple success endings. Check it out!I hope to make more of these types of stories in the future, as time allows. It's a fairly complex process to write these, but the results are great!
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Monday, June 21, 2021
Trail 10 - Shady on a hot day
This past weekend, Allie and I drove a bit. The destination was Meyer Ranch Park (backup link) From the book, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles for Denver and Boulder, this is entry #10. Though the book lists this trail as being in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, for all intents and purposes, this is in the Rocky Mountains. The entire park is west of the Legault Mountain Peak (9045ft). The drive here is a bit longer than places I would call "Foothills".
Meyer Ranch Park is worth the longer drive. This is a great place for a hot day. Most of the Lodge Loop Trail (that forms a full circuit at this park) is shaded under tall trees. The trail itself is very well maintained. The uphill portions aren't steep. Overall, Allie and I really enjoyed this location and will definitely consider coming back.
Saturday, June 05, 2021
Friday, June 04, 2021
Thursday, June 03, 2021
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Found in the wild at the mall (slice of life)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Fun and Important Words: Highfalutin
Highfalutin is a word with mysterious origins. Typically, the word means pompous, arrogant, haughty, pretentious or excessively ornate or bombastic, often in reference to a manner of speech.[1](1) However, how such a word came to mean such things is not known definitively. The alternative spelling of "hifalutin" doesn't offer any clues, either. It's common for dictionaries to claim it highfalutin is derived from the words "high" and "fluting". Although this may make sense, it is actually not likely according to other sources. Long before highfalutin was first recorded, another term meaning something similar already existed, "high flown". It seems more likely that highfalutin is a corruption of high flown. I've used highfalutin from time to time. However, my use of the work tends to carry an ironic tone. Between the spellings, ngram shows that highfalutin is a lot more common than hifalutin, these days. The rise in use of highfalutin also seems to roughly coincide with the reduction of usage for the term high flown.
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