Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category
One-Revolution
What can a middle-aged paraplegic athlete do that most walking people can’t even dream of, let alone do?
Chris Waddell, shown here with his Lightfoot-built handcycle on Utah slick rock, is planning and training to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain on earth, on this handcycle in August.
Lightfoot Cycles is a local bike manufacturer specializing [...]
Dead Guy Ride
Today’s ride with my buddy Larry Chinn, who came across a dead hunter on this ride near the hacienda in late fall a few years back. He apparently had a heart attack and died with his rifle nearby. Yikes!
I am the luckiest heart attack victim that ever lived. Because 1: I’m still living, and 2: [...]
Old Growth Walk With Mr. Chu and Tamera
There’s a patch of old growth forest up the hill beyond our house, a small remnant of the primeval forest that once existed across the Bitterroot. It’s a fun, mildly exerting late afternoon walk to go out the back door and up to the meadow, as we call it, and gaze through the trees westward [...]
Scenes From Yesterday’s Bike Ride
Overlooking the West Fork of the Bitterroot River from Lavene Creek
View of Boulder Point Lookout from Lavene Creek
Most bike rides in the Bitterroot are of the uphill/downhill variety. Old logging roads intersect with single track lines (game trails that have also become bike paths) through the forest, making for interesting rides and great scenery. Basically [...]
Dump the Good Ship Lollipop? Good luck.
People generally like to change, but only because they want to: lose weight, quit smoking, find or lose God, make or save more money, get sober, or even get drunk. But sometimes people are confronted with change because they have no other choice. Since this involuntary change taints America’s manifest destiny to do as [...]
Goes bike riding instead
Over 100 miles since early March. It feels great to get back in the saddle after a few years (okay, most of the last 11 years) of hanging around the hacienda, mostly sitting on my butt in front of a computer or playing guitar. I used to do a lot of riding, and I plan [...]
Lapwai Lane: A Sledder’s Paradise
In outer Montana, scratching out an existence is quite often a laughing matter. (22MB mpg video)
Storm on the Paria Plateau
A wild looking cloud front near Paria Gulch, Utah, with commentary by Paul and Tamera.
Lookout Overnight
We can see this lookout perched high on the mountaintop from our driveway. It is about 4 miles away, and over 3,000 feet higher. It only took me 9 years to work up the nerve to make the hike up there, mainly because it has a reputation as a “thigh burner” hike: it is a [...]
Castle Rock, Nez Perce Road, Montana
Here’s a panoramic video from the top of Castle Rock, at the the top of Nez Perce Pass. Nez Perce Road off of the West Fork Highway is a historic Indian migration and hunting trail through southwest Montana and central Idaho. The intermediate-level 3.5 mile hike to this alpine vista is stunning, with “forever” views [...]
