I couldn't pass up a good deal for DeLorme atlases to help plan future geocaching road trips.. Excluding the 2 states that I already have, this gives me 7 more for the map collection. 🌍🗺 I want to have a map room in my next place.

I guess I should check my email more often.

Saturday July 25, 2025, I completed my 14th RAGBRAI. My 3rd time riding as a mentor with the youth cycling team Dream Team.

San Isabel National Forest with Turquoise Lake on the right and Mount of The Holy Cross massif in the distance on the left. From Mount Massive alpine meadow. 12.June.2025 The forest in this picture is now known as the Willow Fire outside Leadville, CO. The CDT is shut down. Stay safe, y'all.

Looking down at Clohesy Lake from Iowa Peak, 13,840ft. 20.Jun.2026

Emerald Peak, 13,916ft, in morning light. June 20, 2026. Because she's not a 14er, I had her and Iowa Peak, 13,840ft, all to myself on Saturday. I could see people ontop of neighboring 14ers all day. #collegiatepeakswilderness #Colorado #13ers #landscapephotography

Moss campion, Iowa Peak, 13840ft. I got home Sunday evening and have been resting. Knee injury in the final mile *on forest service land- I was west of the powerlines* Car key replacement on a Saturday night. (Gary saved my ass. Thank you, Gary!) #mosscampion #iowapeak #collegiatepeakswilderness

I broke my key in my ignition. So I'm eating pizza and drinking lemonade until the locksmith fets here. This the only pic I'm sharing from my current trip until I get home.

Oh.. color me out of touch. Lol. My current read. This is probably the 15th time I've read it since my English teacher gave it to me for graduation in 2001.

Operation Beat Monday. Iowa Peak Expedition. Should be decent weather Friday to hike up and sleep around 11.5-12k. And a good forecast for Saturday's ridge hike.

It looks like an outdoors store blew up in my place. Bike campout this past weekend. Running away to the mountains for this holiday weekend. Bike campout next weekend. Then biking all of the next holiday weekend. Time for some #13ers and #14ers before back to #RAGBRAI training with Dream Team.

This year will be my 14th RAGBRAI and my 3rd as a mentor with Dream Team, the youth cycling team. We're on our 2nd campout of the season and got our jerseys for this year's ride. 61.5 miles today, 69 miles tomorrow.

Surrounded by mountains near Walden, CO. 06.14.2025 #Colorado #mountains

If you didn't look at the #AltText, where would you say this was? #WhereAmI #WhereWasI

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth Last year, 2 of the teens I helped volunteer mentor took their lives, one after being bullied by his teacher for being trans. In the US, if you need someone to talk to: call or text 988.

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

80 Days to RAGBRAI

Operation Beat Monday 2026. I dusted off my Iowa Peak backpacking plan, cut the plan down to the 3 or 6 peaks main objective and bought a bivy bag to eliminate backtracking to a campsite.. gonna squeeze this into the 3 day Juneteenth weekend. Yes, I have alternate hiking locations for weather

Three state high points on my trip to the gulf coast in late February. Alabama, Florida, Mississippi.

Foggy February forenoon on Florida's Forgotten Coast.

5.5 day, 3000 mile trip for BamaRama resulted in finding geocaches in 48 new counties. Aqua Green is the color for 2026.

I thought I felt someone watching me sleep last night.

He first checked on the usual suspects.

Finally getting my #DVD collection organized. I hauled these to multiple army bases across the US and Iraq when I was a combat medic under #DADT. Oh hey @margaretcho.bsky.social