It’s not exactly backcountry ski season yet up here in the northern hemi, but it is certainly backcountry skiing “prep” season. Most of our junkshow is in good shape, but we’ve got skin issues — and not the kind that…

Had to take the boy to his driving school appointment yesterday, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Didn’t make it to Moab, got distracted by 21 Road, a hard core Jeep trail nearby. Don’t we all wish driving school could be so…

We love trips to Moab for mountain biking and Jeeping, but we’re getting tired of flat towing our Jeep, Rumble Bee. 20th Wedding Anniversary comes up, so we buy each other a trip to Mexico? Nope, we buy a trailer…

Rifle, Colorado is in the midst of an energy boom (natural gas), so it’s a fun place to visit and see all the big service trucks running around, along with the general upbeat attitude.

I’ve been working on photographer Peter Kelley’s image site at http://www.peterkelley.com – that’s keeping me “focused” on photography… Andrew McLean emailed me this comment: I’m using a Nikon 4500 and can’t wait until it dies so I can replace it…

Sunset at Shadow Lake, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming. This was shot with a Canon Digital Rebel in manual mode, with manual focus. It’s always fun in September to see the excitement about winter’s debut. Web forum traffic drivel ratios change…