Our Lady of the Rockies Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot statue along the Continental Divide looking down on Butte, Montana from a few miles away and over 3000 feet above the Mining City. There is
Night hike with Nancy This evening after dinner, Nancy and I went for a hike up to Maud S Canyon viewpoint. We started about an hour before sunset, so I knew we'd be coming down in the
Back Yard Project: Phase 2 This post is the second in a series to keep our family and friends updated about the back yard renovation project we're doing this year. See Back Yard Project: Phase 1 for the
Butte The Original Silicon Valley There's an area of the United States that has played a unique role in enabling the use of modern technology across North America, attracting workers from around the world and creating unparalleled wealth
Calibrating a new lens My go-to telephoto lens is the Nikkor 70-200mm F/2.8 VR II. It's an amazing piece of equipment: sharp, fast, and sturdy enough to take a beating and keep on working. At
Back Yard Project: Phase 1 This post is the first in a series to keep our family and friends updated about the back yard renovation project we're doing this year. This post, Back Yard Project: Phase 1, covers
photography Fleecer Station Fleecer Station is a Forest Service cabin that is used as headquarters for local Forest Service crews part of the year, and available as a rental the rest of the year. I spent
Jamie Samoyed Introducing Isaac Our Samoyed pack is now a foursome: Jamie, Alice, Nancy, and Isaac. We never anticipated having four dogs. Sure, we're huge fans of Samoyeds, and it can be a lot of fun to
photography Nancy & Strummer's 1st Year It's hard to believe that it was just a year ago today that we drove Nancy and her brother Strummer from Seattle to Montana the day after we picked them up at the
Road Warriors In their first few years together, Jamie and Alice took road trips around Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska,
Butte Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon Living in Montana, especially at higher elevations, means never being certain what the weather might do. The forecast can change by the hour, and today was a good example of that. I took
photography 2020 Hindsight What a year. On January 1, 2020, few of us had any idea what was coming. And frankly, I'd say we still don't know much about what we've been through or when it
Butte You're not from around here, are you? A coworker once mentioned – twenty years ago in Spokane, the biggest small town in Eastern Washington – that he'd noticed me driving eastbound on I-90 while he was driving westbound over the weekend. He
juggalos My Juggalo Journey Before 2017, I had never given Insane Clown Posse (ICP) much thought. Sure, I’d heard they were a rap band out of Detroit known for being the “worst band in the world,
photography McGuire Lookout In 1923, a well-windowed wood cabin was erected on top of McGuire Mountain, for the purpose of detecting forest fires in the area around Eureka, Montana. Eureka sits in a valley between mountain
Home Office I've had many home offices, and this year I had the opportunity to set up a new one from scratch. It's not yet 100% done, but it's already my favorite home office I've
Headframes, the Heart of Butte Headframes are the iconic symbol of Butte. Ranging from 100 to 200 feet tall, the 14 that remain standing punctuate the skyline of the Uptown District, Centerville, and Walkerville on "The Richest Hill
Defender Reviving Defender The coin-op game Defender has been a big part of my life, but in recent years I've only played a few times. And due to lack of use, a cross-country move, and a
photography Four months in Montana It's been four months since we moved to Montana. There's so much to think about and write about here, but I've been super busy and don't have time for that now, so here
Our home in Butte We're finally moving in! We moved to Montana two weeks ago and quarantined in an AirBnB (more on that here), then on Friday 4/17 we closed on our house and we've spent
Butte Moving to Montana On the morning of Saturday April 4, in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic and nationwide lockdown, we found ourselves driving away from our Seattle home with a truckload of possessions and our
juggalos Juggalo Weekend 2020 On February 22-23, 2020, Megan and I attended the annual Juggalo Weekend event. It took place in in Los Angeles this year, at Pershing Square. Some folks in LA apparently didn't like the
Nancy We've become a three-dog family! We picked up Nancy the Samoyed on January 29, 2020, and this post covers a few of the details of how and why we got her, including photos
travel Monument Valley 2020 In January 2020, we visited Monument Valley. We flew from Seattle to Phoenix, then drove a rental car up to Monument Valley for two nights at the View Hotel, then we drove to
photography Photos from the 2010s On 12/31/2019, I posted the following Twitter thread about photos I'd taken in the 2010s. • tweet • I took a LOT of photos in the 2010s: 203,913 photos in my backups,
