Photos WA & UT

The sad man with the broken board, Beth, andy and charlie in a timer shot on the olympic coast, a sideways seastack, and the Fish Brewing Company in Olympia.

Trip Data

I forgot to say that the total trip was 9366.6 miles on 196 gallons of gas for an average of 46 mpg, I think....  I ought to do some web search to quantify the environmental consequences of the trip and comparisons to other modes of travel, but i am not doing it, it is time to get back to earning and coping with everyday issues, like taxes.

In closing, i quote Graham Watanabe, U.S. snowboarder at the Olympics:  "Try to imagine Pegasus mating with a unicorn and the creature that they birth.  I somehow tame it and ride it into the sky in the clouds and sunshine and rainbows.  That's what it feels like." 

Home at Last

Well, here i am back in the Springs, Trying to recover from 2 days of driving back from  Colorado, not to mention 2 months on the road.  I got in 2 days of snowboarding at Copper Mountain, CO.  It was great!  The second day we had 6" or so of fresh powder.  My new snowboard behaved very well.  In fact, me and my new board were awesome, except, of course, when we weren't. 

On my way thru St. Louis i decided it was time to visit the arch.  I did, and it is very impressive, both from the base and from the observation platform, although "platform" doesn't seem right for such a curvy space.  It seems the arch was designed by the same guy, Eero Saarinen, who designed the Antioch School!  The elevators, or "trams," were amazing.

Final Beer Report, at least for now: Dam Straight Lager, from the Dillon Dam Brewery, Dillon, CO.  Honestly, i can't remember what to say about it, but with my standards, "Good" is a pretty good bet.  I still have a few here in the fridge, so if anyone wants to come check it out...   and if it is not good i will update you.  Lucky U IPA from the Breckinridge Brewery.  Good and Hoppy.  For those of you who have been wondering how i can drink all that beer and not put on weight, the answer is that i cannot.  Just weighed myself, have gained at least 5 pounds.  Not feeling fat yet, but it is time to go back to the  "Jim Ryan One Beer A Day" regimen.  That's all (for now), folks.