There’s something magical about the desert in the winter time, especially after a good rain (which we’ve had plenty of this year). The flowers pop, the mountainside is covered in bright green grass, not what you’d expect in Arizona, and snow! We had a massive winter system come through AZ this past week that dumped […]

Another overdue update coming up. Let’s see, In October my dad and I hike the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, it’s about a 2000′ descent down to the river and really, really steep. The weather was perfect and the park was empty. Then, we spent the next two weeks remodeling the kitchen. Prior to our […]

Mid August Evie, Lucy and I returned home to Arizona. Evie started teaching and we broke ground on our long list of house projects. The first two of which are the back yard and kitchen (the two places we spend most of our time). On Labor Day we made our annual trip to the Dakota […]

Summer kicked off in mid May with our annual migration to Colorado. Evie and I both raced the Grand Junction Off-Road and then a trip to Nevada for the Carson City Off-Road in mid June. Colorado has felt a lot like Arizona lately with highs in the mid to upper 90s and unfortunately lots of […]

A lot to catch up on since my fractured hip incident. My sister got married April 14th, so Evie and I traveled back to Milwaukee for a long weekend. The wedding was awesome, the weather not so much. 30s, snow, sleet, rain, 30+ mph winds, ya know the goods. Whiskey 50 I’ve been riding again, […]

Two weeks ago on Saturday I was heading out on a training/exploring ride on my mountain bike when I fell and broke my hip. It sounds worse than it is. Yes, I have a broken bone, but the doc is expecting a full recovery, no surgery needed. The actual diagnosis is a fracture of the […]

Christmas will be here before we know it! My parents came to town the weekend before Thanksgiving, so we stayed put for Thanksgiving itself sharing the day with friends who didn’t have family nearby. A few weeks earlier Evie, Lucy and I went for a hike on a section of the AZT. Lucy tree’d a […]

We are just about finished with the condo remodel. I still need to paint the trim and do a few odds and ends, but the bulk of the work is done.

Since last posting a lot has happened…

Well, August is just around the corner. Lots has been going on (as always) so here’s an update with plenty of pictures. Evie took a full time position at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix which, works out pretty well in that it’s a 9-month on 3-months off arrangement. We’ll be living in Scottsdale and finding […]