Change, Hard Work, Questions

There's never going to be a shining light that leads the way.

Travel, Airports, The Future

Why do I always feel like I am running away from something? I never feel settled, I can’t get the “this is it?” thought out of my head.

photography, Life

Fatherhood. It's pretty amazing. Being a photographer on top of it just adds to the icing.

Mountain Bike

I ride. To explore. To escape. To experience.

photography, Mountain Bike

Unplug. Explore. Get lost.The wilderness calls.The connected digital world has become too much. How many Friends do you have? How many followers? How many photos are in your Instagram feed? Social media has become not so social. People have forgotten what true connections are, what they can be. John Muir once said, "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."For me, no truer words have been spoken. I find that path in small bits and pieces on my regular mountain bike rides in and around Denver's Front Range. Flashes of clarity that let me forget hours of conference calls, WebEx and TSA agents. On several occasions this summer, I had entire days of that clarity. Days that are seared into my memory forever.It is like a drug. I am yearning for more connection with the earth and the mountains. That moment of being alive, truly alive, at your physical and mental limitations. The little bits get me through the week. The longer bits get me to the next adventure. The next adventure always leads to another. Finding them takes time and that's okay. The mountains are not going anywhere.

...and then one day you realize, walking in, that you have in fact just arrived.

DCIS-Montbello

A trip to the Denver Art Museum to explore an exhibit on Chinese Art before our trip to China!

Measure life in terms of acceleration, not velocity. Momentum is everything.

DCIS-Montbello

Second McDonald's Fundraising Night