Well, OK. There was nothing "hot" about this roof. Nor "tin". In fact, yesterday evening was a chilly (but not cold), shingle-covered garage roof in a Pueblo, Colorado backyard - a roof my brother and I frequented as kids. I…
There was never a time I didn't know this mountain. From the house I grew up in, you could walk down the driveway to the street, turn left, walk less than 30 yards and look right - and there is…
North Crestone Colorado October on the North Crestone creek route in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Colorado. ...the Sangre de Cristo mountains are fault-block mountains and are no less grand. Sharply uplifted blocks and high pointed pinnacles characterize the…
The undersized bars were packed. The streets were not. I remember it a lot differently in high school. Mike and I cruised Main Street Pueblo Colorado in my white, worn out Toyota Corona looking for girls. Then, inevitably disappointed and…
Fall colors 2012....here they come! Expect alot more of these types of shots over the coming weeks as we slide further from summer. I may suffer my way through winter but I'm infatuated with the cool air and bright colors…
The railroads running out of the southern states didn’t much appreciate the American Locomotive Company naming their 4-8-4 steam engine the “Northern”. The C&O happily re-named them “Greenbriers” instead. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St.Louis named them "Dixies". Why the…
Infatuated by archaeology since the age of seven, I was lucky enough to grow up in a state chock-full of amazing history and a plethora of archaeological sites. So, I thought I'd share what I think are the top ten archaeological…
The All-American 4H Club started out as one of those ways that University-based agricultural scientists could skip over the curmudgeonly attitude of the old folks at the plow and get agricultural innovation directly in the hands of those who would use it.…
The intrepid Pietro della Valle reported that the ferris wheel was a large and sophisticated contraption at the Ramadan Festival in Constantinople in 1615. It was the beginning of his Pilgrimage to India. The ferris wheel Peter Mundy stumbled upon in Philippopolis was: "...like a Craine wheele att Customhowse Key…
Scary Picture Monsoons again and again. I know. Sorry but it is the best time of year in Northern New Mexico as far as I am concerned. Here is a shot from just over the border in Southern Colorado's San…
Denver International Airport last night. I made it - not far from my home town of Pueblo where I left my kiddos with the grandparents so that I could go to the TBEX conference in Keystone. But it means that…
I’m a sucker for a hot sea of sand. There is this image of myself I hold in the recesses of my mind. I’m wrapped head to ankle in a dirty, torn, sand-filled blue darra’a. My mouth is dry and…
