Category Archives: Traveling

Ouray Ice Festival 2010

As you all know by now, we start every year by attending the Ouray Ice Festival with our friends Andy and Gretchen. We’ve often climbed a bit of ice around town before the festival, but this November and December were … Continue reading

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Baby Shower 1

The first baby shower is in the books, so I guess baby Gribble is official. Of course, we still don’t know if it’ll be a he or a she. As you may well know, we are planning to wait to … Continue reading

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Christmas: Part 1

Jess and I are on a lovely Christmas vacation. We left after work on Friday, and after picking up a rental car in Boulder, we stopped off at home and headed for Ohio. While packing up the car, we checked … Continue reading

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Oh Canada!

After crossing the border into Canada (see the previous post), we headed north past several small towns. Interestingly, many are much cleaner and more affluent in appearance then their counterparts just south of the border. I wonder if the Canadians … Continue reading

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What’s for you in Banff, eh?

Yup, that’s what the customs officer asked us as we crossed the border from Montana into Alberta early on Thursday afternoon. I was thinking, are you serious?, but I answered politely. I guess they’re probably more paranoid at the small … Continue reading

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