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I-70 in Utah
When we did this drive a few weeks ago in the moving truck it was too awkward to stop at the view areas, but I vowed to do so when we returned. It proves well worth the trouble – the huge San Rafael swell provides miles of beautiful skyward-thrusting Navajo sandstone. We appreciate having Anne…
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Glenwood Springs
We stop at the Glenwood Springs Lodge to try out their giant spring-warmed pool. It’s really nice, but pretty steep at $11 for admission. I was looking forward to trying out the water slides too, but they were closed. Instead Ann leads us in some water arobics. Feels great after driving all day.
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On the road to Vegas (baybee!)
We hit the road for Vegas, via our storage locker in Denver, with my old friend Anne Marie Powell in the back seat. On the way to Ft. Collins we pass this brush fire, started by a resident burning grass, that consumed a home before being controlled by firefighters.
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Movie: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
What a loud, bawdy, frollicking Shakespearean romp! Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are great. Because everything is so exaggerated you hardly notice the Elizabethan English. I guess a Shakespeare afficionado might consider this a “dumbing down” of the bard’s work, but I loved it. For once I could at least tell when I had missed…
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A new kind of job
It might look, given my recent entries, like we’re sitting around watching movies these days. Actually, organizing our supplies and getting all our gear working has become our new full-time job. I haven’t published any of the many tables and lists we are working on yet, because there are constant revisions, and we want to…
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Movie: Veronica Guerin
I’m a little conflicted about this movie. The story of a gutsy, naive, headstrong reporter who goes after drug dealers in Northern Ireland is told and acted very well. The fact that it glories in the removal of civil liberties, which gives the righteous government the power to take the property of suspected drug dealers,…
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Movie: The Mists of Avalon
Ann and I, tired after a day of packing supplies, popped this in for some relaxation. We had no idea what we were in for. I think there were half a dozen prophetic visions and sword battles in the first 20 minutes, and it goes on like that for 3 hours. Of course there’s nothing…
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Hair Adventure
I get the sense that a husband should use caution when publishing pictures and comments about his wife’s hair on the internet, but this is too much fun to resist. Jess wants to dye Ann’s hair with free artistic license. Ann figures that her hair can look like anything for the Sociometry Fair and the…
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Movie: Chicago
As usual I’ve missed the historical context of this film: 1920’s Chicago, Bob Fosse choreography, the original broadway musical, and the revival. The city is portrayed as a place where vengeful beauties murder their husbands and lovers daily, and the public follows the drama through the press with rapt adoration. I didn’t like this setup…
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Indian Hills
With all our errands to run getting ready for the continental divide hike, it’s hard to get good day hikes in too! Today my Dad takes us up a trail on Bear Mountain behind his partner Sarah’s house in Indian Hills. It’s mostly nice forested hillside, with occassional views of Denver far below. We top…