The Life Blog
Survival: Tips to Avoid Backcountry Peril
https://images.app.goo.gl/9c8AWZQhmX3FHQJo7 As I have written about before, I am a 14 year member of Alpine Rescue Team, located in Evergreen, CO. Alpine Rescue Team has been safely rescuing people having a bad day in the mountains for 60 years. We are a proud...
High Lonesome Trail, Day Four (Aug 8)
Wes and I scratched our heads in puzzlement. Nothing made sense. We had to call a mulligan on the GPS and get our exact point, but it still didn’t make the maps mesh with what we saw around us. We pointed this way and that, wandered over one edge of the ridge and...
The Hounds of Hogansville
I am an animal lover. As a kid, I was the one seen around town pushing, pulling, cajoling, and bribing stray cats and dogs, arriving home, disheveled, eyes bright with young innocence.
“It followed me. Can I keep it?”
Road Trippin’ Colorado a la France
One of my favorite aspects about living in Colorado is the ability to share it with others. Sometimes, the fun of the Life Bus is waiting at the stop for someone else. When I first moved to Colorado, my friends lovingly (I think) referred to trips here as "Lynda's...
The High Lonesome Trail – Day Three (June 22 2014)
HEY!! I froze on my precarious perch. I was afraid to turn around, as much from a fear of falling as from what I might see. What I didn’t see--a gun--gave me great hope. Wes and I had gotten into a groove. Meet at the start point, drive separately to the end point,...
The Long Lonesome Trail – Day 2
It took us over a month to let the memory dull of the steep descent that would become our first ascent. But a cool morning in June found us back on Highway 6 at the random trail sign that marked the end of Day One, heading back up. As seems to be usual, the...
Grand Mesa 100 – The Redemption
As I sat shivering in the front of the truck, the heat barely cutting through my drenched clothing, snow began to mix with the rain. I was having a hard time feeling too bad about dropping from the race, but I knew the feelings would come. Stick it out and the misery...
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