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  • Roadtrip Day 13: Glacier NP & Kalispell

    Roadtrip Day 13: Glacier NP & Kalispell

    …The feeling of being immersed in a fantastic setting multiplied tenfold a bit further down the road, near Logan Creek. Here, the forest crowded in on the road, blocking what remaining light filtered through the low-lying clouds. The wind died away completely. The trees grew ever more massive and tall, and hosted moss that veritably… [Read More]

  • On Budgeting

    On Budgeting

    …Well, over the years that photocopy was replaced by a meticulously hand-drawn version on square-rule paper, which was in turn replaced by an Excel version, which was iterated for a solid decade before I moved it to Google Sheets when that became a thing, and then kept refining and adding to my Sheets budgetary tracker… [Read More]

  • Roadtrip Day 12: Bozeman & Cut Bank

    Roadtrip Day 12: Bozeman & Cut Bank

    …I was in no particular rush after Ryan took his leave, so I took advantage of another day of perfect weather to leisurely wander around downtown Bozeman and get some exploring in. It’s part of the human condition that we inevitably end up comparing our experiences with what we’re already familiar with, so in my… [Read More]

  • Roadtrip Day 11: Grand Teton & Yellowstone S-N

    Roadtrip Day 11: Grand Teton & Yellowstone S-N

    …It was truly the ideal landscape to trailrun! A gently rolling landscape that made you feel like a BMX racer on a track, racing the downhills to build up some speed for the slight inclines, with the urge to make little jumps at the top of each rise just to catch a little bit of… [Read More]

  • Roadtrip Day 10: Yellowstone E-W and Driggs, ID

    Roadtrip Day 10: Yellowstone E-W and Driggs, ID

    …One of the most magical aspects of Yellowstone is of course its geological activity. It doesn’t really hit you that you’re traveling over an enormous caldera until you first spy an odd bit of steam coming from an unexpected spot on the landscape, or upon getting your first whiff of wet sulfurous scent blown by… [Read More]

  • Roadtrip Day 9: Devil’s Tower, Buffalo, Bighorn, Cody

    Roadtrip Day 9: Devil’s Tower, Buffalo, Bighorn, Cody

    …Joy might be fleeting, but as I was reminded over and over again on this roadtrip, there are always brand new joys ahead, just over the horizon. And it turns out that simply driving the highways of Wyoming was enough to make me fall in love over and over again with the land I traversed.… [Read More]