Finding myself winded within one minute of starting the hike up Jud Wiebe Trail, I struggled during the entire hike. The trail is only a three-mile long loop, but gains 1300 feet of elevation in little over a mile, averaging over a 20% grade. The trail climbs steeply on the east side of Telluride. The trail…
Category: Life Experiences
What Have You Learned, Dorothy?
An interesting mental exercise is to express all your dreams and hopes with only six words. The purpose of only using six words is to focus on what you most value in your life. Using only six words to express your life’s dreams is difficult. Try sometime when you get a chance. I came up…
Birthplace of the Egyptian Maus
Driving from Hagerstown Maryland to Roanoke Rapids North Carolina via I-81 and I-64, I passed Charlottesville Virginia, the birthplace of all my Eqyptian Maus. The stretch of road on I-64 between I-81 and Charlottesville is the most beautiful road I’ve driven during the 2000 miles on this trip. I-64 runs east from the Shenandoah Mountains…
Around the Bend
Starting this post off with some Charles Kuralt quotes seems appropriate because I’m on the road again. Charles spent 25 years and wore out six RVs making the On the Road vignettes which became regular features on the Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Here are a few of his quotes. “There are a lot of…
This Is Not A Dream
Upon returning to my alma mater Grove City College in northwest Pennsylvania for the first time in almost 40 years, I walked around the campus in a dreamlike trance. For many years I dreamed I returned to the college campus, only to wake up and realize I was dreaming. I had this dream so many…