I’m not the biggest fan of chomping down on a fresh sliced tomato. I should be, but the consistency of a raw tomato makes me think of horror movie props. I have no idea why, but there it is. However I LOVE the taste of sauces and juices from home grown tomatoes. And recently, I’ve …
Posts from: June 2011
I’m from the south in case anybody has missed that hint. And down here, summers mean the heavy cakes and pies from the winter take a back seat to the equally heavy fruit cobblers. There have been instances when the peach cobbler was a little too lean in peaches because I ate them before the …
This post doesn’t need many words. We will call this one a Wordless Wednesday post. Now, when is dinner? I’ve already had dessert.
First of all, he’s a propane man. So is King of the Hill. Therefore, Bobby Flay is like this guy. And this guy has a son named……Bobby. I see a theme here. THIS is how you grill good food. I’ve missed this! I have no idea how to grill using charcoal. Stephen grills. I eat. …
I’m not sure if it’s because I was gone far away for so long. Or maybe it’s because I’ve got a front row seat watching a town rebuild itself with tremendous tenacity and pride. It could be just part of growing older. Either way, lately I’m really appreciating my roots in the South. Amid the …
Apparently over the course of two weeks during a drought. Before After And we have vegetables running everywhere!! And sunflowers While I enjoyed trying different cafes, pubs, and restaurants, I was ready to return to cooking my own food. Even in places that have a great selection of whole real food, sodium is often excessive. …
Last day in Yellowstone Frozen lake in June Pools Grand Teton lake Old Faithful The one day I didn’t wear a hat The house we rented for a week. The balloon on the morning we all packed up and went in 3 different directions even though we all live within an hour of each …
When we decided to do a big family trip this year, my brother in law told me about 50 times “don’t forget your camera! I want to see a bear and you to get a picture for me”. I wasn’t going to tell him that if I was going out west, the camera bag would …
Look who joined us outside the house for breakfast. We saw this mother deer each morning and a couple of nights. She had twins the day we left. More bears! Bison Amazing canyon Dragon mouth pool. It sounded like a dragon roar. This geyser is in a cove and each time gasses came to the …
So when I found out the origin of the name Grand Teton, I embraced my inner middle school mentality and laughed and giggled. This is from wiki. The origin of the current name is controversial. The most common explanation is that “Grand Teton” means “large teat” in French Bahahahaahahahahahahaa. Leave it to the French to …
After a long day of traveling, all I have to show for it is this: Rainstorm Antelope, but it’s a girl and I guess girls are substandard since they don’t have horns. I thought she was pretty anyway. Cupcake from Breckenridge and hotel cappuccino. It’s hard to believe just a few hours earlier, I …
This is my second time to do this race, but this year I went for the half marathon. This is one of those that advertise as a “flat and fast 10K, but not really fast for the half”. Very accurate description. I remember the 10K being tough because we had not been in elevation long …
We were driving around early, and I happened to see a sign for a Friday Farmer’s Market. I had researched each town we were scheduled to visit to see if there was a market nearby. I adore farmer’s markets. I did not find this one because it was technically in Dillon, which is a stone’s …
After we waived goodbye to Telluride, we travelled over the river, through the woods, a little carsickness from reading Kindle over 10,000ft passes, and quietly landed in Breckenridge. Whew! What a day. Cottonwood Pass The winds make these cool structures in the snow. That was pretty much the the whole day. Driving. Snow. Great …
On our first day, as we sat during lunch and looked at the views, Stephen saw this scene and casually said “I wonder how far that zig-zag trail goes”? THAT zig zag trail leading up to that waterfall and beyond. Well, we found out. Far. But oh so much fun getting there. Street view of …
Rico is a small town outside of Telluride. After our last trip, we decided to stay out from town and make use of the various lakes (fishing) and trails (hiking) that we did not try last time. Built in 1925 as a resting place for the employees of the Rico Argentine Mining Company, the Rico …
We knew from the day before, that we had about a 10 mile hike ahead of us. We packed enough supplies for a full day hike, filled our water bottles, grabbed the trekking poles, and set off for the top of Alta lakes in the San Juan Mountains. While enjoying this beautiful scenery and hiking …
Any morning that starts like this is a great morning. This is the free breakfast from our hotel, the Rico Hotel. I’ll have much more to say about this hotel later. But you see this table….it has inspired a nice little project for our house. That’s fresh marmalade and butter. Love love love fresh …
There are a couple of legendary stories of the origin of Telluride. Ask any native to the town and you’ll usually get a combination of these two stories. 1. This is a town that got its beginning in the gold rush era. And it was actually more successful in silver mining. But due to it’s …
While on the road to Telluride, we found a neat cafe called the True Grit cafe in Ridgeway, Co. If that name sounds familiar, a remake of the original John Wayne film was recently released in theatres. Stephen happens to be a fan of John Wayne. By “fan”, I mean that he would tatoo JW’s …