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The Game that Wasn’t

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Roger

When we moved to Colorado Springs, I found out that the city is home to a Triple-A baseball team, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. They’re affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers. I’d never been to a Triple-A game, and of course … Continue reading →

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Air Force Academy

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Roger

The Air Force Academy moved to Colorado Springs in August, 1958, four months after I was born. The architecture definitely looks like it’s from that period. All it takes to get on the grounds is to show a photo i.d. … Continue reading →

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Animal #68 — American Pika

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Roger

ochotona princeps Saturday, July 8, 2017 — 11:20 am Mount Evans — Arapaho National Forest, Colorado I hiked to the top of Mount Evans with a group from work. On my way down, I passed through a large boulder field about 500 … Continue reading →

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Bird #482 — Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Roger

leucosticte (from leuko, white, and stictos, varicolored) australis (a hypothetical southern continent) Saturday, July 8, 2017 — 9:40 am Mount Evans — Arapaho National Forest, Colorado I climbed the trail from Summit Lake to the summit of Mount Evans with … Continue reading →

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Mount Evans

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Roger

Every year, a friend of mine at work organizes a hike up one of Colorado’s 14ers (the name for the 54 peaks in the state over 14,000 feet high). This year the plan was to climb Quandary Peak, but a … Continue reading →

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