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Bidding Adieu to King Tut
“Can you see anything?” asked the fifth Earl of Carnarvon. “Yes, wonderful things!” his companion exclaimed. In November, 1922, Egyptian King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings. The find is credited to Howard Carter, a London-born archaeologist, but a local worker is actually the person who accidentally uncovered the first step […]
Hiking Dawson Butte Ranch
Sundays during the fall are normally days I reserve for one thing and one thing only: football. On this particular Sunday, though, I was making an exception. When I went to bed Saturday night, content after my hike at the Lair o’ the Bear, I anticipated having some reservations about this the next morning, but […]
Hiking the Lair o’ the Bear
Unlike most other Americans, I did not spend the Thanksgiving holiday holding hands around the table with family, nor did I spend it passed out on the couch with football flickering on the television. I was one of the minority who had to work on those days. Granted, it was a shorter work day, but […]
A Ramble Through the Museum of Contemporary Art
I can’t remember where, but I recently read about a proposed project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude – the couple who did The Gates exhibit in Central Park – to drape nearly six miles of the Arkansas River in Colorado in a silvery fabric. A lot of people are upset by the proposal and the possible […]
Strolling Through Meyer Ranch Park
The weather has been abnormally warm for Colorado at the end of October and the beginning of November. As such, I’ve been trying to catch up on as much hiking as possible since I was off to so many places this summer that I missed my time out on the trails. To help me on […]
Remembering the Sand Dunes
After a long drive, it was still relatively early in the morning at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. I was entertaining guests from London, England two-and-a-half years ago, and they wanted to see something scenic in Colorado. So, since I had taken them to Rocky Mountain National Park on a previous trip, […]
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