Author Archives: kerrysco

For the first trip this summer, I made plans to meet my friends Mark and Phyllis at Lost Park Campground in Colorado. I signed up for PTO the week following the 4th of July. Then I began thinking, “why not head out a week early for some solo dispersed camping”? I could take my workContinue reading “Colorado Dispersed Camping”

As you probably know, there is a semi-conductor chip shortage. This translates to fewer available vehicles making it to dealerships. I need a tow vehicle, and I have a Chevy Cruze that’s lease ends in November. I was concerned that there would not be any trucks available at that time and I would be stuck.Continue reading “First Step Completed”

This title comes from the 1850s in America and refers to chopping wood. Thewoodcutter should concentrate on the target log and not the small chips that flyrandomly. Sometimes the things we do or the plans we have become a matter oftiming and luck. My plan for the next year includes 4 large goals. The firstContinue reading “Let the Chips Fall Where They May”

My friend Sai and I hiked at the nature preserve this morning. It was drizzling but quiet. We did see deer and several species of birds, including a pair of Sandhill Cranes and their colt.

It is the time of year when I begin to think about fishing. The weather is warming, the woods are greening, and sitting at a desk where I work becomes less and less tolerable. When I was young, I longed for my father’s first important question of the spring “do you want to go fishingContinue reading “Gone Fishing”

Seven Ponds Nature Area – April 11, 2021

Wednesday, March 17th we had a warm day, so I set out for my 3rd walk of the year. I am way ahead of where I was last year, as then I was still using a cane and around the cul-de-sac was about all I could do. Yesterday’s walk was 3 miles total, a loopContinue reading “Time To Start Walking”

People say you are only as old as you think you are. When I get up in the morning and look in the mirror, I am 65. The aches and pains at night tell me I am 65. The age of my boys reminds me I am 65. When I order coffee, they ask myContinue reading “Can You Ever Go Back?”