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    EBC Trek!

    16/Jun 2015 3 min. read

    travel everest

    UPDATE: 6.5 days after we left Kathmandu, it was struck by a terrible earthquake. Our thoughts go out to everyone. We were very lucky to leave when we did. Please donate what you can to the people in need.

    Jamie and I spent 3 weeks in April tackling one of the top treks in the world: Mount Everest Base Camp. This encompasses 77 miles over 11 days and about 9,000’ in elevation gain (all the way to 17,600’).

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    Sayulita

    21/Dec 2014 3 min. read

    travel photos

    We took a quick break from our daily lives to attend a wedding in Sayulita, Mexico. Katie Lee, Jamie’s cousin, was married to Jeff Sterett on the beach on 12/13/14.

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    Phoenix in January

    16/Mar 2014 1 min. read

    travel

    Jamie ran in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon! She did the 1⁄2 marathon (13.1 miles) in 02:09:08! Jamie saw her running buddies; Tim tried to stay inside w/ Phill and Autumn

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    Christmas 2013

    30/Dec 2013 1 min. read

    family travel

    Jamie and I are back from our Christmas trip to Iowa. Once again, it was productive and fun! We actually did an over-night on our way to IA (we stayed in Kearney, NE). This allowed us to partake in some Christmas celebrations in Omaha with Jamie’s Grandparents, a couple of aunts, uncles, and cousins. The white elephant gift exchange was truly something. After Omaha we kept on driving to Fort Dodge.
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    Thanksgiving

    2/Dec 2013 1 min. read

    family travel

    We had quite the Thankgiving trip this year. We started out on Saturday driving to Ft. Dodge to visit with Jim and Sharon. We spent a few days visiting and eating well. On Wednesday, we drove to Omaha to catch a flight to New York. We celebrated Thanksgiving with my mom and dad, brother and sister-in-law-ish, and a couple of nephews. Lisa cooked a great meal and my mom cooked some great dessert.
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    Happy New Year!

    1/Jan 2013 1 min. read

    misc

    Today we begin another yet another year. That’s a good thing! I’m glad some people’s interpretation of the Mayan calendar was wrong. I’ve even happier that no idiots saw it fit to party like there was no tomorrow and give me a bad day. Jamie and I went up to the cabin this weekend. It was quite nice. We skied a couple of days at Monarch, and we rang in the new year with our very good friends Mike and Katie.
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    Christmas 2012

    1/Jan 2013 1 min. read

    family travel

    Jamie and I traveled to Fort Dodge, IA, for Christmas this year. It was great to spend time with Jamie’s family, as we’ve been spending Christmas with Tim’s family in recent years. Jodie and Nico joined us in Iowa. We’ve actually spent Christmas for the last few years with Jodie and Nico. It’s almost a tradition (besides watching Elf)! Christmas day we started a new tradition… movies! The 6 of us couldn’t decide on a single movie, so we split up.
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    Mt. Princeton

    16/Jul 2012 1 min. read

    misc

    We bagged another 14er this year. This time it was Mount Princeton, which sits at 14,197’. It’s right near our house in Buena Vista. That’s nice because we didn’t have to drive a long way to get to it, or have a long drive after hiking it. It was definitely not my favorite 14er. I’d say about 70% of the hike is on talus. Of that 70%, probably 40% was scary talus.
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    Fly fishing 101

    16/Jul 2012 1 min. read

    misc

    Jamie has made it a summer goal to learn to fly fish. Really, I think it’s a mortal sin to live in Colorado and not know how to fly fish (that’s what I hear, anyway). To that end, Jamie and I purchased a Living Social deal that fulfilled her goal. Sweet! We took a Fly Fishing 101 class at the beginning of July. This was a class with two other people and a guide.
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    Waldo Canyon Fire

    3/Jul 2012 2 min. read

    misc

    Wow… definietly the worst thing to happen to Colorado Springs since I moved here in 1993. It’s crazy how much damage the fire has caused. Luckily, I think the destruction is over. As of tonight, the fire is 80% contained and we haven’t lost any structures since Tuesday, 6⁄26. All in all, Colorado Springs has lost 346 homes. It’s terrible. Jamie and I, luckily, are fine. We live pretty far south of the fire.
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