The Olympics always make me think of Les. I wrote this a few years ago and wanted to share it on the Life Bus. The...
Adventures Articles
Rock Climbing Italian Style
The biggest challenge with the whole language barrier is, when someone says something that doesn't entirely make...
The First Annual Silverton Double Dirty 30
I sat in my car, watching it snow, as I chatted with my friend Dale, world renowned weather nerd. I was trying to get...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Home
3 years ago over Christmas the Life Bus took an amazing journey to Tanzania. Pam, Greg, Emily, Todd, and I climbed Kilimanjaro, experienced the wildebeest migration along with numerous other spectacular animals on safari in the...
Chasing the Bear
Not many feelings compare to the one you get when, with thirty-five miles of running to go, you reach behind you for a drink of water. And realize your water bottle isn't there. Running the Bear Chase 50 miler was somewhat of an impulse decision. Located in Bear Creek...
Red Rocks, Blue Skies, Gorgeous Scenery, and Solitude …. Gateway, Colorado
[slideshow]Even though we Life Busers definitely like visiting far-flung corners of the globe, we often say that there is still so much yet to discover just in our own Colorado backyard. This was the motivation behind a recent getaway trip Todd and I took to the...
Riffelalp Resort … A Splurge Worth Every Swiss Franc
Okay, as much as we Life Busers enjoy our backpacking, car-camping, huts, yurts, Toyota Tunder flatbeds, etc. ... sometimes we need a splurge. After having spent several nights in very average, nondescript Swiss and German hotels on this trip, Todd and I figured...
Zermatt – A Bucket List Must!!
I have to admit that when planning our trip to Zermatt, I was looking forward to going there but I wasn't so excited that I couldn't contain myself. I felt more like it was going to be one of those "check-off-the-list" kind of places that we should see since we were...
Miguels Chile Rellenos and other Mexican Fare … Todos Santos Baja Mexico
After a spectacular seven days sea-kayaking the Sea of Cortez (more on that in another post), Todd and I decided to see all that the southern most portion of Baja Mexico had to offer. That's how we found ourselves bouncing down the Carretera Transpeninsular...
The Perfect Honeymoon – Hiking the Aspen Four Pass Loop
[slideshow]If you're looking for a honeymoon idea, let me suggest the Aspen Four Pass Loop as an option. Of course, you should throw in your dear friend and her husband and a sister-in-law to boot. Fellow Life Busers Pam and Greg and Cinda joined us for this...
Lauterbrunnen: A Magical, Majestic Swiss Valley
When the Life Bus took Todd and me to Switzerland, there was one place we had to see above all others - Lauterbrunnen. There aren't enough adjectives to fully explain the beauty of this Swiss jewel. Lauterbrunnen, in the Bernese Oberland, is situated in one of the...
A Pie Worth a Trip to Otis
To understand just how good the pie is at the Otis Cafe and why it merits its own pilgrimage to Otis, you have to know that you are going to Otis exclusively for the cafe. Otis is basically an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, OR. It is one of those...