Since I will mention several sites across Colorado in the next several posts I thought this map would be good for reference. I will additionally post a trail map of of the Maroon Bells when I get one.
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“We didn’t start the fire. No, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it”-Billy Joel There are moments in life when things unfortunate things just happen. The cause of the Ute Park fire is still unknown but obviously no one wishes that such a thing to happen. However, that was the reality we Read More…
The American Idealists
Introduction: Reagan: America in 1980: Record inflation, oil crisis, loan crisis, Iranian hostage crisis, Soviet Union, aftermath Watergate and Vietnam, uncertain future Message of hope: morning in America Obama: America in 2008: subprime mortgage crisis, great recession, record unemployment, Iraq and Afghanistan, natural disasters, China Message of hope: Forward Thesis: While presidents Barack Obama Read More…
The Season of Giving
“All you can take with you is what you have given away”-George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life) The Christmas season has always been a time for one to help their fellow person. Americans are statistically the most generous people on earth year-round but over 34 percent of those donations happen between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Read More…
Rocky Mountain High
“Depend on your feet and you can climb the highest mountain”-Lao-Tzu Wise words to live by—and words that I came across in of all places, inside of a fortune cookie my friend ate at the Ultimate Chinese Buffet in Colorado Springs. Life can often be full of surprises, but without those surprises, my amazing Read More…
The Star Spangled Man
The year was 1940, Hitler and his army of evil had invaded Poland and were beginning their assault on France. Here in the United States, still recovering from the Depression, many people wished to stay out of the conflict. However, in New York, three Jewish artists for Timely Comics (now called Marvel), knowing full well Read More…
Passion Blog Proposals
There is no better feeling than standing atop a great peak seeing everything in the distance with only the blue sky above you. It is so peaceful, so beautiful that few words can describe it. I am one of the lucky people to have experienced that. My first idea is travel blog on my backpacking Read More…
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