Landing in the badlands after spending an entire night crossing the prairies of South Dakota was incredibly eerie. Waking up after hunkering down quickly to avoid a thunderstorm the night before, we woke up and saw we had camped in someone’s driveway.

So hurried to get out of there before we got yelled […]

One of the many moments of “wow” that we had in Salt Lake City. This picture was taken in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building book store. They also sold clothing here that you had to be a member of the church to buy.

So far the impression that I’ve gotten about Mormons is the following: their […]

Fort Collins, Colorado. We stopped at a Honda Powersports shop to get my bike looked at, post-Deer incident, and to get some advice on where to stay in town. Scott talked to a guy at the counter who recommended a place called the Mishawaka Inn on the Cache La Poudre river. We’re game, so we […]

Watching this political season unfold has been both interesting and maddening. Never under the illusion that politicians were any more moral or righteous creatures than the rest of us, it wasn’t hard to accept the deficiencies inherent in each candidate. I’ve also never felt that I should cast a ‘protest’ vote just because […]

Look, this isn’t a big deal. It’s not something I am seriously freaked out by. But occasionally since childhood, when sitting on the can, a thought occurs: It sure would be awful if there were something down there, coming to get me.
It could be anything. Snakes. Spiders. “Knifebutt”. Really, I just don’t want anything malevolent […]

A few links that made me laugh
* Hiring Advice From Rudy Giuliani
* Very punny movie poster
* Republicans….fighting the eastern elites!
* John Stewart rolling out the ‘Gotcha’ clip reel

Over the next 24 hours, you’ll start to see a backlog of posts going up with stories about the last month or so. The pictures have been updated with what we think are easily the best groups of the entire trip. Take the time to get through the sets as we had to […]

Watched most of the Republican Convention and it was nice to see the Republicans rolling out their attack machine in such a proud way. The media talked about how the Democratic Convention was going to be about catharsis for dejected Hillary supporters….I think the Republican Convention has been about catharsis for people sick of […]

I have always been better at posting when we are on the open road, versus when we are staying with friends. When being hosted, there’s usually so much to do that it’s easy to lose track of the “work”. Scott and I have been staying with Tristan for about a week now and we’ve built […]