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Sat, 15 Jul 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [93]
SELDOM HAVE WE SEEN COLORADO SO VERDANT this late in July. The early monsoon rains seem to have countered recent temperatures in the 90s and there are still pockets of snow on the high peaks of the Rockies.
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Sun, 2 Jul 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [90]
OUR WEEKEND ROADTRIP ACTUALLY BEGAN about 66 million years ago when an asteroid roughly the size of New York City smashed into Earth, a calamity that wiped out the dinosaurs along with much of life on the planet.
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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [87]
I TOOK HER OUT TO THE BALL GAME. I took her out with the crowd! But we were detoured by Sunday’s Pride Parade—seemed like half of Denver was out in support—and didn’t arrive until the final strains of the “H-O-M-E-ofthe-... Read more >
Fri, 23 Jun 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [116]
FOR MOST OF US COVID WAS A BAD DREAM; quarantines, social distancing and N-95 masks—like Donald Trump’s presidency—something best forgotten. The reality is that Delta, Alpha and Omicron are still here. They're killing about 100 Americans ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Jun 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [110]
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS when the enemies of Democracy were Nazi Fascists and Russian Commies, not home-grown extremists, Rocky Mountain Arsenal produced some of the nastiest chemical weapons on the planet—not that we would actually use them! Well, ... Read more >
Wed, 24 May 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [96]
WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF our neighbors here in Colorado. A wiley coyote patrols the meadow behind our AirBnB (the same one we rented last year) and a great horned owl has claimed a lookout in a nearby cottonwood. And above us all towers the ... Read more >
Sat, 20 May 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [98]
THIS IS OUR THIRD “SPRING BREAK” OF ‘23—or, if you prefer, our 3 rd chance to see Spring breaking. The first was back in March when almond blossoms popped their buds and bright flowers dotted the meadows of Sicily. ... Read more >
Sat, 20 May 2023 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 5 May 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [161]
A CONFESSION, “BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY” is one of my favorite Chick-flicks. So when we saw a sign for the “actual” bridges, we just had to see where Clint and Meryl fell in love. Only six of the original sixteen bridges remain ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Apr 2023 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [156]
The National Mall...I just can't get enough of it. D.C. simply has loads and loads (or in American terms, lots and lots) to see and do. It was warm and sunny today just like yesterday. Tickets for the Washington Monument were again booked out today. ... Read more >
Wed, 5 Apr 2023 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [110]
My world has been thrown into a tail spin this past month. My Dad had a stroke nearly a month ago right after I finished an epic journey seeing komodo dragons and swimming with manta rays. That combined with the fact that I hadn't seen my family since ... Read more >
Wed, 5 Apr 2023 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Arlington National Cemetery
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Tue, 4 Apr 2023 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
The First State
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