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2022 Communicator Award Winner
I am pleased to announce that we have won a 2022 Communicator Award for our work on the Frank Mechau documentary in the Documentary category. You can watch the Frank Mechau below or on the PBS platform here: https://www.pbs.org/video/frank-mechau-zlx9je/ The...
Huron Peak
It has been a long time since I hiked a “new-for-me” fourteener. in fact, it has been 20 years. The last “new” one was Missouri Mountain via the North Face Couloirs with my friend Lars in 2001. Yeah... it’s been a long time. I have been wanting to do a new 14er...
Cross country skiing in Rocky Mountain National Park
Staunton State Park
Staunton State Park The view from Catamount Scenic Overlook May 12, 2018 Coming Soon Details Starting from the Mason Creek Trail View from Eagle Cliff Bunkhouse from the 1930's [sgpx...
Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain The road to Mt Evans from the summit of Chief Mountain May 10, 2018 For me the hiking season started in January with a walk between Ka'anapali Beach and Black Rock, at sea level but in order to be ready for my fourteener goals this year the...
Castlewood Canyon State Park 2018 -Trip #2
Rim Rock Trail & Creek Bottom Trail The remains of Castlewood Dam April 28, 2018 About a month ago my son and I hiked for our first time in Castlewood Canyon State Park. We did the Canyon View Nature trail, the Inner Canyon, to the Dam then took the...
Spruce Mountain Trail
Spruce Mountain Trail Near Windy Point April 27, 2018 One of the wonderful things about Douglas County are all the trails and open spaces for hiking and Spruce Mountain Trail is one of the few places I hadn't hiked yet. The trailhead parking area had...
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Trails
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Trails Looking across Lake Ladora April 22, 2018 After attending a weekend photography workshop, my son and I decided to hike so trails in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. A former chemical weapons plant, it is now a wildlife refuge. We...
Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail-2018
Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail Upper Palmer Reservoir April 14, 2018 Coming Soon... Details Palmer Reservoir Trail & mountain lion warning First Palmer Reservoir People depend on these reservoirs. Please don't...
Carpenter Peak-2018
Carpenter Peak Video of my hike April 12, 2018 Coming Soon Details Carpenter Peak Trail and mileage sign at the trailhead Unique red sandstone rock formations in Roxborough State Park Looking at downtown Denver from the...
Mount Muscoco-2018
Mount Muscoco Spring time hike up Mount Muscoco April 7, 2018 Coming Soon Details Mount Muscoco Trail and sign at Trailhead Our view from Mount Muscoco summit Clouds lifting on Mt Muscoco during our...
Glendale Farm Open Space Trail
Glendale Farm Open Space Trail Castle Rock Conglomerate April 6, 2018 Glendale Farm Open Space trail is a 1.6 mile loop next to a dog park, north of Castle Rock, Colorado. Snow was in the forecast and I wanted to get in a quick hike. The air temperature...
Rock Park Hike 2018 #3
Rock Park Trail at sunset The remains of Castlewood Dam April 1, 2018 Rock Park at sunset. Since hiking this a week ago, I have envisioned watching the sunset from the summit. And so I did. It was a beautiful sunset although cold, temps in the high 40’s...
Castlewood Canyon State Park-2018 Trip #1
Trip Report Details
Snorkeling in Maui
Hanakao'o Beach-Jan 21, 2018 Hanakao'o Beach-Jan 21 I have never been snorkeling in an ocean or a lake but it has always been a dream of mine. When I was a child my grandmother had a above-ground swimming pool and books about Jacques Cousteau. I would...