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Summer 2023 Update

9 Jul , 2023 Uncategorized

We’ve been in Colorado for about 5 weeks. Although there’s been a bit more rain that I’d like, it has been fantastic. Some hightlights: We’ve taken two trips away from GL: one to Leadville, the another to Steamboat Springs. Each was unique and nice. We spent several nights in Leadville, as we especially love that […]

Coyote Valley Hike

7 Jun , 2022 Uncategorized

Another nice hike. Today we hiked inside RMNP on the Coyote Valley Trail. We started there and then hiked a bit into the US National Forest system. Beautiful hiking weather. Enjoy!

East Shore Trail Hike

6 Jun , 2022 Uncategorized

A nice hike on the East Shore trail this morning. The East Shore Trail stretches along Grand and Shadow Mountain Lakes and Lake Granby if you follow it out long enough. Some pretty scenery and a really nice morning for my first hike of the summer. Enjoy.

Roaring Fork, #58

6 May , 2022 Uncategorized

First camp of the summer! Spent it at my favorite campground in my 2nd favorite site (#58). Two beautiful, but colder nights under the stars. Walked a good bit and cooked some too. Made a really good salmon salad with rice that I ate for lunch and dinner. This was nice as it made for […]

Summer COVID Plans?

24 Apr , 2022 Uncategorized

NOTE: This will be the last post for spring 2022. So what are your plans for summer 2022? Going to the cottage on the lake for weekends? Some hiking at Devil’s Lake? Or maybe a trip out of state for a long weekend (shop till ya drop)? My family spend the summer in Grand Lake, […]

“Houston, we have a problem…”

18 Apr , 2022 Uncategorized

I’m finishing my sixteenth year as an academic and criminologist and I’ve got to say I’m getting pretty tired of blogging about mass shootings. I mean we’ve got to do something about this issue. We’ve got to do something significant in order to create big change. This is a societal (USA) problem that requires us […]

Better late than never

10 Apr , 2022 Uncategorized

This week’s blogpost focuses on a report that a serial killer was recently identified after 30 years. Yes, you read that correctly-30 years later. Wow. Apparently known as the I-65 killer, the man, now deceased, was identified through genealogy and DNA evidence, which is pretty interesting. Nice and interesting article. There’s also a video to […]

Religion, Death Row, and SCOTUS

3 Apr , 2022 Uncategorized

This week’s topic focuses on the US Supreme Court’s recent 8-1 ruling regarding the process for executing death row inmates in the State of Texas. The ARTICLE focuses on Ramirez v Collier, a case that involved a death row inmates request to have his pastor lay hands on him and pray out loud during his […]

Do. Not. Condone. It.

28 Mar , 2022 Uncategorized

Not sure how many watched last night’s video from the Oscars where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith’s partner. Here is the VIDEO as well as the commentary from members of The View. I’ve been a fan of the Oscars for years as I’m a […]