Thingum Bob, Esq.
Bob Likes Stuff
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Spittlebugs are pests, sucking the sap from garden plants and using it to make their protective, slimy froth. Eventually they grow into froghoppers....
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30 photo stitch.
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Our pop music critic Ken Tucker on the title track from Natalie Maines’ new solo album, Mother:
Natalie Maines doesn’t hesitate to...
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Engraved Zippo lighters from the Vietnam War. From Cowan’s Auctions
Does riding through the prairie count as mountain biking if I can see the mountains on the horizon?
Another photo from last week’s Mt Falcon run.
This is the “my-sweaty-palm-dripped-all-over-my-phone-camera-lens” filter. Keen.
Dear Mt Falcon,
We’ve only just met, but I can already tell we’re going to have a complicated relationship - one of those deals where I obsess about our next time together even though every moment with you is pain and abuse.
See you in a week.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaand that’s enough keyboard diarrhea
Couple of notes:
- I didn’t even get to the top of Mt Falcon proper - made it to the first local maxima and called it quits. (And maxima is totally a word so suck it Tumblr spell check)
- Does a 13 min/mile pace on the climb count as running?
- The photo is looking down on Red Rocks amphitheater.
The Great Denver Thunderstorm of 2012.
Taken while cowering in my hotel room at the unbridled force of nature. This storm had it all: golf-ball sized hail, lightning strikes every two to three minutes for hours on end, tornado warnings… yikes!
The first shot is the only photo that came out okay; the rest are all still frames from some video I shot.
Two more lupine pictures from Roxborough.
I got in a quick ride this afternoon now that my bike is unpacked and reassembled! I needed a warm-up ride to make sure I put everything back together properly. No pieces fell off, which is excellent. I haven’t found all of my tools yet, so some of the components are only finger tight.
Highlights from Waterton Canyon:
- Some seriously disaffected bighorns giving me the hairy eye
- Lots of gently climbing dirt road with a gut-busting singletrack climb at the end
I’m so excited to be back in Colorado and doing things like this again.
