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Scenes from El Paso: Mountains & a
Unique Museum |
January 8 |
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El Paso's Historic Missions Trail |
January 8 |
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Our Touristy View of Fort Bliss:
Camping & Other Activities
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January 8 |
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Franklin Mountains State Park &
the Wyler Aerial Tramway |
January 8 |
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Pictographs & More at Hueco Tanks
State Historic Park (2 pages) |
January 8 |
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Austin, Texas: |
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Hanging Out at McKinney Falls State
Park (includes RV Trip Log from El Paso to
Austin) |
January 19 |
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Town Lake Trail Rocks! |
January 19 |
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Exploring the Trails at Bastrop
SP + a Quick Trip Through Buescher SP |
January 19 |
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Huntsville, Texas: |
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Back "Home" at Huntsville State Park |
February 4 |
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Scenes from the Trails at HSP |
February 4 |
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Our Perspective of the Rocky Raccoon 50- and 100-Mile
Races |
February 6 |
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Brazos Bend State Park, Texas:
(Feb. 6 to end of March) |
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Week 1: We're Baaaa-ck! Let's Go See the
Alligators!!
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February 13 |
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Doris Mager & Her Magnificent Birds of Prey
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February 13 |
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Week 2: Spring Has Definitely
Sprung at Brazos Bend |
February 20 |
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Critter Count: 'Gators, Birds,
Armadillos, & More (plus a raccoon tale)
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February 20 |
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Trail Scenes from Week 2 at Brazos
Bend
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February 20 |
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Paying for Our "Free" Campsite (our
jobs as campground hosts)
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February 20 |
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(I'm working on weekly reports
for
March at Brazos Bend SP.
Stay tuned for lots more stories and photos from this beautiful park. I also
added some new BBSP entries to the March, 2010 journal in
March, 2011. Better late than never! Meanwhile I'm going
to write some more current entries. Scroll down until you
find an entry with a date on the right . . . ) |
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Virginia: |
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Back to Virginia for a Few Weeks: RV
Travelogue + Stats from Our Winter 2010-2011 Trip
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March 24 |
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Can We Order Some New Knees?? The Joys
of Getting Older
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March 31 |
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House Dilemma: To Sell or Not to
Sell??
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April 30 |
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Colorful Spring Metamorphosis in
Our Yard
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May 6 |
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Jim's Spring Training: Let's Run!
Plus Sue Out-Runs the Cops . . .
(includes 3 pgs. of photos from
Roanoke-area trails) |
May 7 |
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Age Perception: When Will You Be (or
Were You) "Old?" |
May 7 |
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Ready, Set, Go! Time to Head Back
to the Rockies
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May 8 |
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Texas: Caprock Canyons State Park |
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The Journey West: An Interesting
Reroute to Cross the Flooded Mississippi
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May 10 |
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Caprock Canyons Rock!
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May 14 |
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Scenes from the Canyon Rim Trail
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May 14 |
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Eagle Point Trail: Rim to Canyon and
Back |
May 14 |
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Lower Canyon Loop Photos (two
pages)
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May 14 |
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Upper Canyon Loop: Wow!
(four pages with lots of photos) |
May 14 |
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Caprock Canyons Trailway: Beware the
Bats, Thorns, & Cinders
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May 14 |
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New Mexico: |
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Canyon to Canyon: Caprock to Los
Alamos + Campground Info
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May 15 |
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Hiking Bayo Bench Trail/Biking
Canyon Rim Trail |
May 17 |
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Hiking at the Tsankawi
Prehistoric Site + Sue's Rite of Passage
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May 18 |
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Hiking the Bayo Canyon Trail Loop |
May 20 |
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Jemez Mountain Trail Runs: Pre-Race
Activities & Volunteering
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May 20 |
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Jemez Mountain Trail Runs: Race Day
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May 21 |
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Scenes from Kwage Mesa's Trails
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May 22 |
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Los Alamos Mesa Trail & Pueblo
Canyon Rim Trail
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May 24 |
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Re-Discovering A Little Bit of Los Alamos |
May 24 |
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Sky Drama Over Los Alamos + Weather Mayhem Across the Country
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May 24 |
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The Falls Trail to the Rio Grande
at Bandelier National Monument
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May 25 |
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Addendum: Disaster in the Jemez Mountains:
the Las Conchas Fire
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August 2 |
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Colorado Springs. CO: |
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Road Trip to Colorado Springs + USAF Academy FamCamp
Information
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May 26 |
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Cycling the New Santa Fe Regional Trail
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May 28 |
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Busy Days in the Springs
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May 29 |
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Hiking the Barr Trail on Pike's
Peak |
May 30 |
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South Dakota: |
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Trip Journal: Colorado Springs to
The Black Hills
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May 31 |
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Wind Cave National Park:
Introduction & Camping
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June 1 |
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Hiking the Park Trails: Hunting for the Proverbial Needle in a Haystack
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June 1 |
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Touring Wind Cave's Ancient
Passageways
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June 1 |
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The Dakota Thunder Air Show: Wish I
Could Fly One of Those!
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June 4 |
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Rapid City: Gateway to the Black
Hills
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June 10 |
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A Scenic Driving Loop Through the
Black Hills
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June 11 |
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Hiking to Roughlock Falls in
Spearfish Canyon |
June 11 |
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Campground Life at Ellsworth AFB
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June 12 |
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Wyoming: |
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Back in the Wild & Scenic Bighorn
Mountains: Why We Almost Didn't Return This Year
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June 13 |
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Running High: Trip Notes, Camping at Foothills,
& Tongue River Flooding
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June 14 |
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Hiking Up the Tongue River Canyon
Trail
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June 14 |
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Bighorn High Country Photos: That's
a Bunch of Snow!
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June 15 |
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Behind the Scenes at the Bighorn Mtn.
Trail Runs
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June 16 |
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The Bighorn
Mountain Even-Wilder-&-More-Scenic-Than-Usual Trail Runs |
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Friday: Scenes from the
100-Miler (briefing, start, Dry Fork, Twin Buttes)
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June 17 |
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Saturday: Fun on the 30K Course
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June 18 |
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Where Did That Come From???
Never Say Never |
June 18 |
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Sunday:
Awards Brunch & Post-Race Musings
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June 19 |
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Silverton, CO: |
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Hi, Ho Silverton! Trip
Notes & Scenic Views from the Bighorn Mtns. to the San
Juan Range.
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June 21 |
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Camping at South Mineral Creek: the
Art & Science of Choosing a Suitable Site
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June 22 |
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A Discouraging Prognosis for
Jim's Injured Knee
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June 22 |
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Runs, Hikes, & Bike Rides in the
San Juan Mountains AKA Where Did All the Oxygen Go??
(several entries below; this isn't a link) |
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A Moose Is Loose: Scenes from South
Mineral Creek Rd. & the Lower Ice Lake Trail |
June 23 |
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Hiking the Southern End of
Colorado Trail Seg. 28
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June 24 |
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Hanging Out with the Hardrock
Trail Marking Group
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June 25 |
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A Fun Jeep Ride to Maggie and
Cunningham Gulches
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June 25 |
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Still a Winter Wonderland at Clear
Lake
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June 26 |
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Monday's Miscellanea
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June 27 |
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Snowy Scenery from the Ice
Lake Basins & Grant-Swamp Pass
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June 28 |
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Jim's MRI Results: Time to
Re-Evaluate Our Race & Travel Plans
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June 30 |
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Hiking One of My Favorite CT
Segments (#25): Little Molas Lake to the Hanging Alpine Valley
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July 1 |
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Update on Our Activities & Plans
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July 3 |
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Celebrating the 4th of July with
Another Hike to Clear Lake
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July 4 |
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Hardrock Hundred Pre-Race Activities
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July 7 |
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Our Perspective of the Hardrock 100
as Communications Volunteers
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July 10 |
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Hardrock 100 Finish & Results + An
Abrupt End to Our Race Weekend |
July 10 |
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A Different Kind of Ultra: Our
3,295-Mile Road Trip in Six Days (in the truck,
not with the camper) |
July 16 |
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Scenes From Hikes at Kendall
Mountain & A Farewell to Silverton
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July 17 |
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Colorado Springs, CO: |
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Trip Notes & Photos: Silverton to the USAF
Academy
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July 18 |
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Jim's Cool New Mountain Bike
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July 23 |
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Shifting Gears:
Jim's Transition from Ultra Runner to Ultra Cyclist
(addendum 2-13-2012 -- link to a video of David Horton's
transition to ultra cycling) |
July 24 |
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Hiking & Cycling the Falcon Loop
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July 28 |
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Photos from Red Rock Canyon Trails
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July 29 |
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Exploring the New Santa Fe Trail
& Pike's Peak Greenway
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August 1 |
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Life at Peregrine Pines
Campground
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August 3 |
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Leadville, CO: |
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Trip Notes: Colorado Springs to
Leadville
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August 3 |
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Beatin' the Heat at 10,200 Feet
(photos from Turquoise Lake)
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August 4 |
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Revisiting Colorado Trail Segment 10
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August 5 |
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A Nostalgic Hike to Hope Pass
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August 7 |
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Wildflower Photos from Mount Hope
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August 7 |
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Hike to Willis Lake Between Mount
Hope & LaPlata Peak |
August 9 |
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Cycling on the Mineral Belt Trail
& Parts of the LT100 Bike Course
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August 10 |
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Volunteering for the LT100 Bike
Race, Part 1: "Under New Management"
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August 14 |
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Part 2: Bike Check-In, Briefing, & Twin Lakes Aid Station Prep |
August 14 |
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Part 3: Race Day: Our Perspective @
1/2 Mile, Twin Lakes AS, Columbine Mine AS, & the Finish
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August 14 |
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The Morning After: Random Thoughts About the LT100
Bike Race
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August 14 |
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Let's Hike Somewhere New:
Timberline Lake
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August 15 |
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Peak Experience: Mt. Elbert Triangle Hike
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August 17 |
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Where Are We??
One of the Perils
of Our Nomadic Lifestyle
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August 18 |
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"I'm Only a Doctor, Not God:"
An Update on
Jim's Bum Knee |
August 19 |
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Pre-Race Volunteering for the LT100 Run:
Check-In |
August 19 |
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Volunteering for the LT100 Run @ the Twin
Lakes Aid Station |
August 21 |
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Time to Move On: Farewell to
Leadville
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August 21 |
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Wyoming (Aug. 22-Sept. 13) |
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Trip Notes, Day 1: Leadville, CO to
Vernal, UT. |
August 22 |
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Trip Notes, Day 2: Flaming
Gorge to Teton Canyon, WY (west side of the Teton Range)
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August 23 |
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Summer Flowers & Winter Snow: Hiking
High in Alaska Basin |
August 24 |
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Photo Gallery: More Pictures from
Teton Canyon and Alaska Basin (these are on our Picasa
photo-sharing site) |
August 24 |
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Camping at Reunion Flat CG in
Teton Canyon |
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Hiking & Cycling on the
West Side of the Teton Mountains (Alaska Basin, Teton Crest
Trail, Table Mountain, Devil's Staircase/Teton Shelf Loop, Grand Targhee Ski Resort trails,
Teton Valley bike paths, etc.) |
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Colter Bay CG in Grand Teton
National Park |
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Exploring Grand Teton NP: lakes,
trails, bike path, scenic drives, visitor centers, Indian
Arts Museum, historical buildings, etc. |
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South Dakota (Sept. 14-Oct. 4) |
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Back in Rapid
City/Ellsworth AFB |
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Cycling the 109-Mile Mickelson
Trail (Jim rode it all in one day!) |
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Hiking to Harney Peak: A
Five-State Panorama from the Summit |
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Other Hikes and Bike Rides in
Rapid City and the
Black Hills Region |
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Thundering Herd: The 46th Annual
Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park |
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Road Trip: South Dakota to
Virginia via Ohio to Visit Relatives + Stats from Our
Summer 2011 Trip |
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Virginia (Oct. 8 to Dec. 2) |
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Back in the Garden of Weedin' |
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Knee Update: Two Olde Pharts Who
Just Won't Give Up (even if they have only one good knee
between them!) |
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Cycling the New River Trail |
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Hiking Tales from the Blue Ridge
Mountains |
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Camper Withdrawal (we stored "Cammie"
in South Dakota; we miss her and the lifestyle she
represents) |
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One Less Ultra Running Legacy:
Permanent Removal of My Black Toenails (not nearly as bad
as it sounds!) |
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Veteran's Day at the D-Day
Memorial in Bedford, VA (home of The Bedford Boys,
which is a great read) |
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Tentative Winter Trip Plans: Stay
Warm in the Desert Southwest! |
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2011-2012 Winter Trip (Dec. 2 to
April 1) |
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It Sounded Like a Good Idea at
the Time . . . (storing the camper at Ellsworth AFB):
Our 3,036-Mile Trek to Arizona
via South Dakota |
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Agave Gulch FamCamp at Davis-Monthan
AFB in Tucson, AZ |
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Exploring Tucson & the
Surrounding Mountains: |
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Hiking
at Madera Canyon |
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Visiting
Mission San Zavier del Bac |
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Hiking a
Scenic Loop in Sabino Canyon |
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Cycling
on the Rillito River Multi-Use Path |
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Saguaro
National Park: East and West Districts |
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The
Seven Falls Trail in Bear Canyon |
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Road
Trip to Mt. Lemmon (several feet of snow at the top!) |
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum |
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A New Knee in January? Jim's
Difficult Decision re: Surgery |
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Volunteering at ATY (nice
new venue in Phoenix, AZ at Camelback Ranch, the spring
training facility for the LA Dodgers and Chicago White
Sox) |
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Jan. 1 to Mar. 14: Camping at the
Imperial Dam Long-Term Visitors' Area North of Yuma, AZ
(see the
2012 journal) |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW
YEAR!!! |
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You can find additional photos of
some of these areas from previous years
on our
Picasa
site.
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