Tag: trip reports
TR – Shooting Star Saloon, Huntsville, Utah
My mother’s side of the family immigrated to Utah five generations ago, but not for the usual reasons. Instead, they were here to start a brewery – Fisher Beer. The brewery has been gone for close to 50 years, but beer in Utah remains a topic which is close to my heart, or liver in […]
Ouray Ice Park
Aside from being cold, dangerous, expensive and limited to a few select areas in the world, there is a lot to be said for ice climbing. Namely, it can be a ton of fun and there is nothing like sinking a pick & ‘poons into a vertical pillar of frozen water which may or may […]
Ushuaia 2008 – Trip Report & Gallery
Although this barely qualifies as a trip (it was only six days or so) and we never even came close to our intended goal of skiing in Antarctica, this trip was one of the funnest outings I’ve had in a long time, mainly because it had so many great people involved. Doug Stoup of Truckee, […]
Trip Report – New Yorker Festival, NYC
As a person who has accidentally made a half-assed career out of writing, I’m always in awe of the literary skills of the writers at The New Yorker magazine. The sign of a good writer is when you can take a seemingly mundane subject (elevators, shoplifting, MapQuest, etc.) and turn it into a story that […]
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