Canoe Camping in Grand Teton National Park

July 20th, 2009

For a few years when I was a kid my family was big into canoe camping. Well, all camping actually, but we’d just bought a canoe, so: canoe camping. There aren’t a whole lot of places to go around my neck of the Rockies since a lot of rivers have big whitewater and there aren’t [...]

Urban Canoeing in Seattle

July 11th, 2009

This might seem very ho-hum to most city dwellers, but to a guy from the Rockies this was kind of mind blowing. Canoeing under a freeway??
My girlfriend and I were in Seattle to see some friends, for her to take me to a Tori Amos concert, and for us both to run a 5k race [...]

Valdez: Heaven on a Sunny Day

June 3rd, 2009

At last we arrived in Valdez. When we got there it was - as it often is - cloudy and rainy but it was exciting to see our friends and catch up and drink and generally have a good time. We were to stay at a neighbors house just across the green space from the [...]

Viva Seattle!

September 17th, 2008

Considering I only spent about four days in the Seattle area, I’m confused by feeling simultaneously like I did a lot of cool things, and relaxed a lot. Quoi? I arrived in Seattle on Saturday night just in time to meet my buddy Andy before the Balkan Beat Box show at Neumos. Well, actually we [...]