75 Years, 14,272 Feet
A few months ago I decided to celebrate my 75th birthday by climbing a “14er” in Colorado. 14ers are mountains over 14,000 feet tall. Not Everest, but not my backyard, either. The decision was met with a predictable variety of responses, ranging from “Wow! That is fantastic” to “You’re an idiot,” although no one ever […]
Full moon over White Sands – July 3, 2023
It’s not just that we wanted to see White Sands National Park while we were vacationing in Ruidoso, New Mexico. It’s that we happened to be there when there would be a full moon, a “strawberry super moon” according to the lunar calendar, and it wasn’t hard to imagine the beauty of a moon like […]