Tag: 100 days 2021

  • Chillin at the Maya ruins in Piedras Negras

    Chillin at the Maya ruins in Piedras Negras

    During our rafting trip on the Usumacinta we spent 2 nights at a Maya ruin known as Piedras Negras. These ruins are only accessible by boat and our guide estimates that at most 200 people a year visit them. We spent an entire day camping at the site and were given an extensive tour by…

  • Editing Video and staying sane

    Editing Video and staying sane

    One of the main services I offered customers when I had a company was short form Youtube videos. This was in 2010 and Youtube had been around a few years but was still just catching on. I couldn’t get my clients to write blog posts but I could get them to sit still for a…

  • One extreme to another

    One extreme to another

    We got back home on Friday from the Mexican jungle and today we spent the day skiing and snowboarding. If you are going to make the most of things then why not take it as far as you can? The drive to Telluride is about an hour and a half from our house. So we…

  • Layover Day

    When we were halfway through the river trip in Mexico we had a Layover Day. On Layover Day no rafting happens and you get kinda a day off. Sure you still have an assigned job to help with dinner, or dishes, or water, etc but you get to leave your camp setup for two nights…

  • Back Home

    We flew into Salt Lake City last night from Mexico and opted to get a hotel room rather than start the 6 hour drive home to Mancos. We got up around 6am this morning, found coffee and started the drive. There was some snow in the forecast and the roads were icy in places. We…

  • Travel day

    We are done with the Mexico trip and flying back to the USA Today. Traveling during COVID had been interesting to say the least. On the way to Mexico my ears felt like they were falling off due to the mask we need to wear in the airports. On the plus side the flight attendants…

  • Tips for Rowing the Big Rapids in the Grand Canyon (Colorado River Whitewater Rafting)

    Some of my friends have rafted the entire Grand Canyon and from listening to their stories it sounds like they are falling off of cliffs. While I am sure it is terrifying and formidable this video helped me get a better idea of what happens on the river in the Grand. Someday I will need…

  • Don’t forget to take your Malaria pill

    Don’t forget to take your Malaria pill

    Since we are traveling to Mexico for an extended period of time it is recommended that we take Malaria pills as well as get a number of vaccines. Its been a busy couple of months getting shots for Hep A and B, Typhoid, COVID Boosters, and the flu. At one visit to the pharmacy I…

  • Review: Chernobyl the miniseries

    I have hesitated watching this series for a few years now. I was 9 years old when the reactor exploded in 1986 and the cold war was at its height. I remember the news reports about radioactive dust clouds potentially covering much of Europe. It was a wild and scary time and I knew the…

  • Positive feedback loop

    Feeling deep this morning while listening to an early Kinsta podcast with Joe of WP Buffs. It’s a great conversation about business and entrepreneurship. Joe is such a positive guy it’s infectious and I’ve seen it pervade in his organization. It made me think about how I need to act more positively. I do my…