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Rocky Mountain National Park pictures

Here are some photos from RMNP. Rocky Mountain National Park is about 75 miles from Denver and the nearest town is Estes Park. Visit date: August 2003... (read more)
admin – May 6, 2006 – 10:43pm

Weight loss through hiking, Part 1

Here's the secret formulat: Eat less, exercise more. This is the first part of my personal tips and tricks for losing weight. I have no interest in odd diets or nutrional supplements or pills and potions, I prefer to just follow good old common sense. I have trouble abiding by these rules, but I'd have even more trouble abiding by something that wasn't natural for me. On the other hand, you might have no problem meticulously measuring out 3.2 ounces of lean meat and .349 ounces of brocolli. In that case, do that instead... (read more)
admin – May 6, 2006 – 10:43pm

Signal Hill, highpoint of Arkansas

In November 2003 - shortly after I finished driving through the state and was safely in Texas - I immediately awarded Arkansas with my "Most Creepy and Corrupt State" award. But, it's not all bad and one of the highlights was Signal Hill, the highest point in the state at a whopping 2,753'. Pictured right is my bicycle at the sign marking the summit... (read more)
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If only White Mountain Peak was 100' lower...

White Mountain Peak is the highpoint of Mono County and the third-highest summit in California at 14,246'. It's also the easiest 14er in the state, but when I tried for it on August 7, 2005 I got to within about 100' of gain of the summit, and then turned around... (read more)
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Hueco Tanks State Park

Hueco Tanks State Park is a famous rock climbing destination (primarily bouldering), a sacred place for Indian tribes, a historical site, and a place of political controversy. It's the only park I know of that makes you watch a twenty-minute video filled with do's and don'ts before you can camp there. The video orientation is because the park is home to still-undeciphered and fragile petroglyphs and pictographs and also because of the park's historical and religious significance to the recently-recognized Tigua and other Indians. Therefore, you're advised to tread lightly and not break anything... (read more)
admin – May 6, 2006 – 10:43pm

Dallas ex machina

It's not like Dallas sprung up out of nowhere, it just feels that way to a very great extent. Everything you need to know about Dallas you probably already know: Dealey Plaza, J.R. Ewing, and the Dallas Cowboys. Texas Stadium is partially domed (OK, for my thesis to hold it would have to be fully domed, but play along), they play on Astroturf, and, if you wanted to create from scratch a plastic sports team you'd never do better than what developed naturally. Think Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson, sparkling clean sports uniforms and murderous cheerleader moms. Throw in massive sprawling suburbs with everything and nothing, and you don't need to know much more... (read more)
admin – May 6, 2006 – 10:43pm

Alamogordo NM: Just stay away

Alamogordo is a small city in New Mexico. The English version of its name is: 1. a pit or hole that you should avoid even driving through without stopping if possible 2. a place where you should avoid spending any money; a place where you should try to make them spend money on you if possible... (read more)
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Cameron Park Zoo in Waco

Waco's Cameron Park Zoo is much better than zoos in some larger cities, such as Indianapolis. Everything about this zoo was better, with the exception that unlike Indy they didn't have a polar bear. They had a couple of exotic turtles, a poisonous newt, several interesting snakes, a school of piranhas, and the interesting animals pictured below... (read more)
admin – May 6, 2006 – 10:43pm