Back in the Saddle

Back in the saddle, so to speak. First hike in the season. Tomorrow, climbing to 9,000+, and I’m sure my 900 foot lungs will love it.

Grand Canyon or Bust Part 1

Airing out the Eurovan for a trip to Arizona to hike the Grand Canyon.

The requisite poptop camper bumper stickers, should get me pulled over after leaving Colorado.

Des Moines

Well, we're back in Des Moines and I was jonesin' for a hike. I really had no choice but to simply go for a walk instead. So, I walked across town to my sister's, at Beatnik Urban Farm No. 1. Got to walk through the sculpture park downtown, and past Sec Taylor Ballpark (I refuse to use the corporate name), where I discovered how much time is left until the Cubs' first pitch.

Sculpture park.

Sec Taylor.

Des Moines River.

Sec Taylor.

Beatnik Urban Farm No. 1 (fruit trees in the foreground).