What a great time to be fishing in the mountains of Colorado!
On a beautiful fall weekend three of my fpur sons, their "significant others" and my wife and I went on a weekend trip to Basalt Colorado where we fished the frying pan and took in the local scenery. Our group was as follows:  My wife Marcia and I, son Mike and his wife Diana, son Justin and his girl friend Katie, and son Erik and his girl friend Kara.

On Saturday morning we...
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Michelle: She sat in the backseat of the car, her little six year old legs just dangled over the seat, not quite touching the dirty floorboards of the shiny 63 falcon her Dad drove home. They sat in silence, her eyes filled with tears and one rolled down her chubby, freckled cheek. She clutched the easter basket. She had been so excited for the hunt but now she was just confused.

Just yesterday morning at breakfast she had sat at the...
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There's so much history on the streets and in the houses of San Francisco. The architecture has a varied, rich history from the Victorian to Edwardian to art deco. I thought I'd share a little tour of San Fran old and new. If you only have a day in San Francisco you should see two places, Alamo Square and Telegraph Hill. Alamo square is surrounded by some of the best and most varied residences in San Fran and some of the most iconic pictures...
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M & I went to Costa Rica over Thanksgiving. It was my fourth trip and her first to the country. We flew through San Jose, overnighted at the Grano del Oro, and then on to the remote and beautiful Osa Penninsula. After a ride on Nature Air's small aircraft and an hour and a half 4 wheel drive passage over 18 miles of waterlogged roads we arrived at the Bosque del Cabo resort.

Here you are greeted with the Costa Rican welcome and charm that...
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Cloud Croft is a hidden gem in the Sacramento Mountains east of Alamogordo.
It is reminiscent of an old western town.
On our way east we drove through Artesia. A bombing oil town, with huge bronze statues telling stories of how the west was built and the hardships of those who built it.
The pump field go on for miles and miles, and they smell. We drove through clouds of methane gas. I was afraid to light a match or snap a picture. The...
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