loose change

1 september 2025 – moraine park campground before we get into it, our stats: miles driven: seventy something miles hiked: 4 elk seen: maybe a hundred, maybe fifty! mule deer at campsite: 2 amount of cars at hessie trailhead: too many marmots spotted: four percentage of annual visitors that camp in rocky mountain NP (per…

30 august 2025 today’s stats: miles: 587 tanks: 2.5 states: 3 (ND, SD, WY) hours driven by sam while ryder caught up on writing: SIX! mini waffles eaten at fairfield inn fargo: 8 miles run: 1.7 (r), 2.8 (s before his treadmill broke) times david allan coe mentioned himself in long haired redneck: 4 and…

29 august 2025 : ash river campground ➔ fargo, north dakota checking in from big falls, minnesota! we’re on the golden road to fargo, north dakota. continental breakfast imminent. my plan is to retroactively document our time in voyageurs & finish the piece off from our hotel tonight, ending with the stats and songs of…

23 august 2025 drummond island! writing this piece from the picnic table at our campsite in township park. what a day today. this place is as vibrant as i remember it and more. i’ve got lots to report so i’ll begin with a disclaimer that this will be a verbose update because a) i’m not…

21 august 2025 beginning our annals from a king sized bed in the tallest hotel in ottawa! **this luxurious lodging is sponsored by my dad. thank you dad!** what a day it’s been. here are the numbers: miles: 438 tanks: 2 tolls: 4 states: 3 (MA, NH, VT) provinces: 2 (QC, ONT) max speed: 78mph…

taking the time to write a quick wednesday piece today as there are things to be discussed both in my small world and in the larger one we all spin around: the strike is over! picketing suspended! sam’s on his way home from an all-unit meeting this morning and i’m eager for the update. voting…

i’m back in the red chair again. what a week! i went into work this morning &, upon looking at my schedule, asked the office if there’d been a scheduling mistake or a canceled trip that was rescheduled to today. my clipboard said thursday january 2nd, and i knew very well that it was the…

writing from the red chair next to the fireplace! it’s 10a and i can barely see across the road outside of our house. the high pressure spell has been broken and snow is abound. this morning was an early one. i want to keep it simple: pc patrol walked out today and is indefinitely on…

it is 10:34p–the latest i’ve been up in a while–and i’m writing this monday piece in bed! i had every intention of writing earlier today but time escaped me. we had a slow start to the mountain this morning and had so much fun doing instructional ski (sam providing drills for us to practice on…

writing from the couch in our new home! on the first day of my 26th year. time is slowing to a comfortable pace as we settle into this new space. sam is next to me in a zoom meeting for work. i’m obsessed with the coziness of our house, which feels even nicer after spending…