I had spent years pondering my ideal place to live, and in late 2005, I decided that Fort Collins was it. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one — ten months later, Money Magazine declared Fort Collins as “the best place to live” in America. I won’t disagree.
Earlier in the year I reported how the bicycle-crazy city of Fort Collins seems to have some sort of cycling event every week. Well, add yet another one. A major one: the National Collegiate Cycling Championships! Continue reading »
 "Never mind that there was some snow on the backroads out here. It was sunny, so the Alfa's top was down.")
This year I am spending the holiday and new year in California, so it was time to say goodbye to Fort Collins for the last time in 2007. How did I do so? With a brief jaunt along some back roads near my home, just north of Fort Collins and south of Wellington. Larimer County land, I think. Continue reading »
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Today — as per annual tradition — I celebrated the Winter Solstice at my church, which (of course) is the Great Outdoors. But unlike in previous years, this was not just a solitary bonding with Mother Nature or an introspective exercise on top of some mountain. This is because today’s ritual was held with others from the Fort Collins Trailrunners. Continue reading »
“It’s not that cold,” proclaimed my friend Nick, holding up his hands which he had already taken out of his gloves as we were running around like reindeer well after darkness had already set in last Thursday. [Note: yes, I’m a week behind in posts.]
Funny, those are words I am often accused of using inappropriately. In fact, just the other day Tori had mocked me for telling her that “it wasn’t that cold” after I had already sent her a photo of me x-country skiing in the neighborhood wearing gloves and a fleece headband. But on this day I was certainly thinking otherwise. At least for the first ten minutes. Then it really wasn’t that cold! Continue reading »
Here is the photo of the day. Actually, I took the photo on Tuesday, which was a very fun day. :) Some notes: Continue reading »
