http://www.forgo.net/daily sometimes you try too hard ... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:57:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My cousin swung back through Denver at the end of his two week trip. We went for a hike on Chief Mountain. The hike starts around 10.7k feet and ends around 11.7k feet. The fact that we were higher than nearly everything around us combined with scattered thunderstorms all around ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/08/03/4936/ My cousin was driving through town on his way to Yellowstone and stopped by for a couple of days. He's really into rock climbing (we climbed with him in Kentucky if you remember) and wanted to do some climbing while he was here. He knew of some climbing in Clear ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/07/27/4924/ Yah, that's right. Colorado wins: I say it's because of all of the Ethiopian restaurants around here. From here. http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/07/18/4923/ Hard to believe it's been that long. Time FLIES. It's amazing how the inspiration for things ebbs and flows. Hopefully this one will come back soon. I have some pictures and stories burning a hole in my hard drive. http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/07/15/4922/ I have eight posts that have been saved as drafts with half ideas written. Some of them have been sitting there for years. I'm sick of seeing them listed there, so I'm going to clean them all out in one post. Here they are in brief. In January of 2007, we ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/05/06/4920/ We decided to go up Pike's Peak when my dad was in town. Me working in the railroad industry was immediately attracted to the Pike's Peak Cog Railway. We made our reservations and heading down to Colorado Springs to ride the train up the mountain. During the drive down, ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/05/03/4913/ I would venture that people think there's something unique about their state that may not really be that unique. "We have THE WORST or THE MOST AGGRESSIVE drivers here." Or the one I want to talk about today: "Our weather is THE MOST unpredictable -- it's sunny in the morning ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/05/01/4919/ Have you ever had natural, unsalted peanut butter? If not, you should. The transition may be rough at first, but it's worth it. It tastes like.. well.. peanuts. And that's it. I don't understand JIF peanut butter any more; it's overly salted and smooth. It makes me feel like something ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/04/30/4915/ My dad was in town last weekend, and he didn't realize that he was in for a weekend of physical activity. We had him walking to and around the dog park, walking to the bus and around downtown and the ultimate challenge: hiking up a small mountain in Colorado. We wanted ... http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/04/29/4912/ I just came up with the most amazing food. Here it is. I'm going to eat it now. Are you jealous? http://www.forgo.net/daily/2008/04/28/4916/