Blogs from Woodland Park, Colorado, United States, North America

My last post was about training for my pilgrimage on the St. Olavsleden, and specifically about the Denver Broncos 7K Run/Walk in which I failed due to heat and dehydration. Since then I've increased my distances and am a bit more confident that I will be able to build up to the 21 Km maximum distance between farm house accommodations. But this blog is about another unusual event in our town which seems to be attracting more than its share of attention. This weekend is Memorial Day so my daughter Tamara, son-in-law Ryan and grand children Liam, Cecily and Austen came down from Greeley for the weekend. I took them to our newly renovated Memorial Park where they slashed in the stream/pond and played in the play ground. I happened to meet a couple from Alesund, ... read more

Roadtrip SW USA...With Home & Away...Colorado way. We have just had a roadtrip through Utah & Arizona to beat all roadtrips...but it may never have happened if it wasn't for Bob. He didn't arrange the polar vortex to lay thick snow on our path through deserts and eroded striated vistas...but I wouldn't begrudge him if he claimed he did. A few months before we left Oz I contacted Bob and said we planned to drop in from Canada on our way to meet other TBers in USA. We had entertained Bob & Linda when they visited Sydney in 2012 ...and the invitation to reciprocate still stood. Within minutes came a message back..."Great news...we'll take you on a roadtrip!" Within hours came a suggested itinerary. Sensational idea...the seed was planted...all it needed was watering. Then the snag... ... read more

and that's after 5 years of blogging. My most popular blog for some unknown reason is , a rather mundane account of a not too exotic cruise with 783 hits. That's not saying much when the most visited blogs are with 157,192 hits and with 154,874...obviously from those who Google'd Skype. My friend found the word that attracts many Google searches with his most popular blog with 98,299 hits. Anyway, I thought this unimpressive milestone deserved a mention. Wouldn't it be ironic if this blog eventually got the most hits as the only ones who will initially see this blog are my subscribers and Followers...thanks everyone! I have included pictures of fellow TBers who I've met this fall.... read more

Today my daughter Tamara married Ryan Miller. So the last week has been very full of activities and preparation. It started last Saturday in Denver where we went to pick up our other daughter, Rosanna, at the Denver International Airport. She was flying in from Virginia at 3 pm, but without our son-in-law Evan who couldn't get time off as they had just returned from two weeks in Italy and Greece...they learned about insane itineraries from me! He has used his time since then very productively by finishing the first draft of his doctoral dissertation. He is scheduled to defend his thesis in September and then receive a PhD in Bioinformatics. Also missing was our son Will who is going to law school at Bangor University in Wales. We called him at the last minute to ... read more

My last blog was posted from Helsinki just before boarding my flight to London. Because I wanted this to be my last blog for the trip, I forecasted that my subsequent flights home would be uneventful. I admitted to some concern that forecasting the future may result in jinxing the future as fate has a way of wanting to prove us prognosticators wrong. Well, the overnight in London went ok...I didn't spend the evening in London, but relaxed at the hotel instead. And getting out of the tub after a wonderful foot soaking bath in the morning was a bit of a challenge which took about 20 minutes to find a way out. And the wheelchair support at the airport left much to be desired. But the BIG JINX was upon arrival in Dallas/Fort Worth, I ... read more