Stories of my travels to the tops of mountains and the bottoms of reefs.
Reading Time: 11 minutes If I could do life all over, I would. Not really for myself. I don’t enjoy my career, and I don’t like where I live, but I’m better than I deserve. I have better friends than I deserve. And I am happy having my own existence, doing my own thing, seeing…
Reading Time: 9 minutes In this post: ⭲ Quick Facts —Date of Visit: 17 Oct 2019 —Notable Features: Big Sandy River, Big Sandy Lake; Blue Lake —Total Miles: ~11.6 —Elevation Gain/Loss: +/-1906′ Note: Utilizing an elevation gain threshold model with DEM (for GPS estimates, see GaiaGPS and AllTrails variants; accuracy is decreased) —Elevation Min,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bula, y’all! This will be updated to be pleasant to read as I have time. I’ll include pictures of specimens and also maps. Until then, follow the links. 1.) Fossilized leaves near Miles City, MT: Beautiful, dainty leaves in red stone. 2.) Belemnites and other fossils near Bridger, MT: Note:…
Reading Time: 14 minutes Part 1: The Text My Peruvian friend Yue texted me and asked if I’d like to come and visit her in Jackson. She reckoned that we could perhaps go hiking on Friday, then do something on Saturday and part of Sunday, too, and that her friend Beatriz (Chilean) could accompany us….
Reading Time: 14 minutes Kelly’s birthday (What is her full name? That’s for me to know!) was coming up, and apparently it was going to be very dirty, as she was turning 30. I decided to drive down to Blue Mesa near Gunnison, while Kristi decided to fly in to Grand Junction, where I…
Reading Time: < 1 minute I was trying to film some bad turbulence when the pilots made this terrifying announcement. At first I thought…well, it wasn’t good. —BQ
Reading Time: 69 minutes We went to Fiji, so I wanted to share just how wonderful it was! The places we visited, the people we met, and the things that we did. Kristi has also contributed some of her thoughts, which you’ll find in quote blocks. As an overview, briefly, we stayed at the…
Reading Time: 7 minutes While working as an air traffic controller at Jackson Hole, Wyoming (more properly just Jackson, Wyoming) I was blessed with the best office views in the nation, as seen below. I was also blessed to have a great church family, blood-relatives nearby, an amazing, Peruvian friend, and my beloved mountains….