Month: August 2015

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Retreat

I had dinner at a lavish local restaurant on Thursday night, and then Friday evening and Saturday were spent at a retreat at a local lodge. Both evenings I had fish and mashed potatoes and vegetables for dinner. Oh, and […]

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Summer’s End

The seasons here don’t go Summer> Fall. They go Summer> Still Summer > Football. Still, the peaches are the last great fruit production before the pumpkins come in for the fall… er, football season. I have to get another bag […]

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Goal

I met another weight loss goal today. This is a major milestone. I now have one more goal, and I think I could reach it by the end of the year if I don’t get too distracted by life, work, […]

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Back to Work

This was my first full day back at work, albeit I did 16 hours total after getting home. Today, however, I was accepting mail, returning calls, reading emails, and all. So I got a lot done and we have a […]

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Re-entry

Coming back from our travels is a matter of returning to my normal life… but only to a point. Yes, it was nice to be back in my own bed. I tidied my bedroom and unpacked and put things away […]

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Bus Travel

We’ve driven to Colorado many times, and Kansas is very tedious to drive through. So I thought — especially since at one point it looked as though I might be going on my own — that I would travel by […]

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Flowers

This trip was full of flowers. I’d like to have a garden just like this one. Sunflowers and black-eyed Susans are the weeds in Colorado, it seems. This abandoned farmhouse may have a story, but it also has sunflowers. There […]

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Travel Food

Nachos at Oskar Blues Waffles and local craft sodas at the Waffle Lab Beer and sandwiches at Choice City Butcher and Deli Picnic in Poudre Canyon Handmade truffles from Nuance Chocolate

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Crested Butte

Crested Butte was a mining town once, and a beet farming community, and now it’s mostly cute. The whole town is on the Historical Register, and it is supported by tourism. I like being a tourist, I like touristy towns, […]