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Lost Creek Backpacking, Take II

As you no doubt recall from Jess’s recent post, Phoebe’s uncle Matt and aunt Erin were out for a visit. We had a wonderful time introducing her to them, and thought a short trip over the holiday weekend would be a great way to introduce Phoebe to backpacking. Since we’d had a great time backpacking [...]

July 10, 2010 • Posted in: Adventure, Backpacking • 2 Comments

Bring out the GIMP!

That’s right, I like GIMP—the GNU Image Manipulation Program, that is. It’s basically Photoshop® without the cost. Actually, the fine developers working on GIMP wouldn’t really like that description, but now you know what it does. Of course, like most pieces of advanced software, there is a somewhat steep learning curve, but with a little [...]

Backpacking the Lost Creek Wilderness

Last weekend, Jess I and set off for a little backpacking adventure in Colorado’s Lost Creek Wilderness. I’m a terrible backpacking trip planner, as I never seem to know where we should go. The day before the trip, we were out at the bookstore and REI pouring over a serious stack of guide books. Of [...]