December 23-24, 2012
After thirty-six hours of driving with only a short break in Colorado, we arrived in New Jack City, near Barstow, California. I set up my tent and was happy with our decision to skip Moab because we had two full days of climbing ahead of us without… Read More »
December 21-22, 2012
The Mayans supposedly predicted the end of the world on December 21, 2012. The world may not have ended, but it sure felt like it. It had been nearly forty-eight hours since the snow had stopped falling, and I had only ventured outside once to take in the carnage. A huge tree… Read More »
I went back to St. Louis for the second time this year to attend a friend's party. I got there a few days early, though, so I was able to do a lot of walking around the city's south side. Some of the highlights were the old churches,
I spent a few days in Chicago at the end of November. It's a huge city that's only a few hours from Madison, yet I don't get there very often for some reason. Probably because I've been focused on the natural world for the last few years.
For this Chicago visit, I didn't have any… Read More »
I've lived in Madison for over four years, and while I've driven to nearby Devil's Lake dozens of times, I had never stopped at nearby Dr. Evermor's. That all changed when I got together with some friends, including a CouchSurfer from Chicago, to have a tea party at the Forevertron.
Many people had told me… Read More »
I took a trip with the Hoofers Mountaineering Club to Red River Gorge in Kentucky. I had been wanting to go climbing there for a long time, but never seemed to find the time. But now with no job, why not?
We drove overnight and set up camp at the famous Read More »
I went with Katie to Minneapolis over the weekend for her friends Lisa and Mark's wedding. Lake Calhoun was still full of plenty of fall colors, and I got to check out the famous cherry spoon sculpture. We… Read More »
Katie and I drove out to Spring Green to check out a shitty barn session. It's basically a concert inside a barn with no stage. They only sell about fifty tickets per show, so you're guaranteed a great seat. Another cool thing is that they have grills with hot… Read More »
Crash The Lou, an event I had been looking forward to for a long time, had finally arrived. Stephen and Kevin came to Madison from St. Louis back in July for our couch crash, and they really talked up St. Louis. They did a good job, too: eight people from Madison drove to The Lou… Read More »
I made an enlightening trek to northwestern Kentucky to visit the Creation Museum. It's housed in a 70,000 square foot building with some amazing exhibits, including dinosaur fossils believed to be several thousand years old, and “Read More »
