Mike, Every week or so, I discover another mural in Boulder–usually on the outside of a wall, sometimes on the inside of a restaurant or a store. There’s a few more murals that I haven’t managed to photograph, but there are enough now on my camera disk to make an entertaining collection. Enjoy the free-spirited […]
Mike, Every week or so, I discover another mural in Boulder–usually on the outside of a wall, sometimes on the inside of a restaurant or a store. There’s a few more murals that I haven’t managed to photograph, but there are enough now on my camera disk to make an entertaining collection. Enjoy the free-spirited […]
Hi Mike, My old buddy Joe, a long-standing member of the Fogies Five (and an even longer-standing member of the “B.A.D.” club when we were CU grad students), and I went on a hike up to the alpine meadows of the Crater Lakes cirque, 30 miles west of Boulder. Along with us came Wayne, Joe’s […]
Hi Mike, Beth & I are taking advantage of my current 2-week respite from doctors to visit the SF Bay area for 3 days. The pano is shot from the Space Science Lab atop Grizzly Peak on the UCB campus (where I’m working). I’m trying to get a good sunset picture from this great vantage […]
Mike, For me, the ideal Rocky Mountain panorama has to have (1) green swards (preferably with grazing buffalo) in the foreground, (2) crystal-clear air, (3) snow covered mountains, and (4) Ansel Adams clouds extending to the zenith. Unfortunately I’ve had to make compromises. Greening up doesn’t happen till May, the buffalo haven’t been around here […]
Mike, I keep thinking I’ve seen most everything Boulder has to offer, but almost every time Beth & I go for a walk or a drive thru Boulder, I see something new. This time I was walking by the City Hall, and ventured over to their new plaza, which just opened up in May. The […]
Hi Mike, Today, an old friend, Steve Nerney, who moved out here to Boulder from the East late last year, came with me up to Rocky Mtn Nat’l Park for a hike. For our jaunt, I had selected Granite Gorge, a spectacular canyon ending in a Yosemite-like cirque at 10,200′, just below Long’s Peak. Ten […]
Mike, Yesterday evening we drove back from a trip to the Pike’s Peak area, and the sunset was so spectacular I nearly drove over the median strip several times trying to get a glimpse of it. If my loving wife hadn’t prevented me, i would have shot pictures out of the window while I was […]
…to a nearby blog: -o- Carved in Stone — In Colorado, stone is as cheap as dirt (maybe cheaper). Hence many signs are literally carved in stone. -o- Boulder Murals — There aren’t any Grohes in Boulder, but the local artistes and graffites have created some nice outdoor art. -o- Funny Business — It’s my […]
Mike, Before we came to Boulder last January, I was thinking that some aspects of the town would be much the same as when I lived here in the ’60s: political activism, marches, inflammatory posters, streaker parades, and above all, wonderfully diverse bumper stickers plastered on every car. Well, that’s only partially true. There are […]
FENCE CANYON CAMP After several fierce struggles scrambling through walls of tamarisk while entering or leaving a ford of the Escalante, we were happy to reach the sanctuary of Fence Canyon. A family of 5 were enjoying the pleasures of the river bank. The 3 kids, 2 boys and a 11 or 12 year old […]
Mike, Shortly after moving from Bowie, MD to Boulder, CO, I started thinking about the differences between the two towns. Was there anything I really missed in Bowie that I’d like to go back for? No. Most of our Bowie friends have moved away, Or they already lived in other places, so there were very […]