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October 11th, 2023 My trip down to the Florida panhandle has been postponed. So, instead I will be heading back up to the Minneapolis area for the winter. There I can spend the season with my mother (now 92 years old) and sister and also cross country ski with my friends. Thus, for the nextContinue reading “The Cold North”

September 29th, 2023 After my stay near Rocky Mountain National Park, I returned to Kelly Dahl Campground near Nederland. This put me within a 50 minute drive of the hospital where I was scheduled for a Heart Ablation on September 13th. A “follow-up” appointment had also been scheduled for the 19th. If everything was alright,Continue reading “Closing a Loop”

September 2nd, 2023 There is only one National Park which I have visited more than Rocky Mountain, and that is Yellowstone. I have visited RMNP 11 separate times starting in 1975. It was that first trip, a year after high school, that convinced me to make many return trips to the mountain west. When youContinue reading “Rocky Mountain National Park”

August 19th, 2023 I am back at the Kelly Dahl U.S.F.S. Campground near Nederland, Colorado. I have a couple of meetings with Doctors before planning a procedure sometime around Labor Day. Last week I left one of my favorite campgrounds up in the Flattop Mountains. I made the 2.5 hour drive through Yampa and KremmlingContinue reading “Circling Back”

August 6th, 2023 I had a small glitch in a solar cable last week at Camp Hale. My batteries were down to 12%. I discovered the source of the problem and fixed it, but with the mostly cloudy and rainy days, I could not get the charge back up. Each night I was in dangerContinue reading “Why?”

August 3rd, 2023 I have spent 3 nights at Camp Hale National Monument. On Wednesday, the last afternoon, I planned to go fishing. I drove about 2 miles down the main road through the almost non-existent remains of the camp that used to house the 10,000 men of the 10th Mountain Division, as they trainedContinue reading “An Afternoon Adventure”

July 27th, 2023 I am now camped a little south of Leadville. I am at a dispersed site along Halfmoon Creek at the foot of Mount Massive. I have camped off and on here for the last 4 summers. It is a nice area along a rushing creek, yet close to town for groceries andContinue reading “About Bombs”

July 18th, 2023 On July 7th I hitched up the trailer and drove to I-70, where I turned and headed west for Leadville. As expected, my Ranger pulled uphill quite well and after a quick stop in Dillon, I arrived in Leadville shortly after noon. I camped in my friend Don’s parking area down theContinue reading “Leadville, Zachary, and NSR”

July 9th, 2023 I am back in Colorado. I arrived at the Kelly Dahl U.S.F.S campground near the small town of Nederland on June 25th. I had made reservations at this site for 4 days prior to the holiday weekend and the 3 days after. I could not get the four nights of the IndependenceContinue reading “Nederland”