Standing in the middle of the silent highway I watched the moon, slowly appear over the horizon only to vanish again into the cloudy sky.  Big, full, vivacious, and yet so easily hidden behind the mists of the evening.  Birds sang.  Something rustled in the grasses.  Far away emergency lights flashed silently.  Someone had died there an hour before.  Someone else had died over that hill 2 days before.  And another over that hill, and another beyond that mountain, and another in that lake, and another in that car.  So much death …

My 10th high school reunion is Saturday.  I’ve been thinking about it for awhile.  Go!  Not go… I’ll have to drive straight through from Boulder to make it, meaning I’ll be drained, but what’s that?  I live my life on not much sleep pretty often.  The body is used to it.  I’m traveling with August and Claire for close to a month, so it is more than just my input.  Some more discussion to happen.
I feel like high school was like running through a beautiful garden with my eyes closed.  …

 
I adjusted the angle of the light and it caught something reflective as Andy hauled himself across the untensioned highline back to the access tunnel. The smell of rust and the reverberating echoes of friends rigging the line filtered through my concentrating mind as I adjusted exposure settings on the camera. What a wild place!

The steel launch doors high above were painted red with sheets of rusted metal peeling off. Andrew sat on a stairway to nowhere surveying the operation; his shadow powerfully projected on the ceiling. Although no protection …

 “Boulder is the #1 flash flood risk community in Colorado.” This was written on my water bill this month (and is every spring).  Think about it.
The Big Thompson flood killed over 150 people and was caused by nothing more than rain.  The same thing can (will) happen again in many other Front Range canyons.  Will you have enough time to get out of the floodpath?
Boulder County has recently implemented a new emergency notification system to augment the current systems.  Citizens can be notified via email, text message, and cell phone calls …

Water frozen in the chiller line put us a day behind schedule, and gave me a day to explore.  After chatting with two long-time local coworkers about nearby caves, hikes, and cultural scenery I settled on a loop exploring the NE corner of Alabama and a bit of Tennessee. 
Breakfast at the hotel with a couple spontaneous flower shots in the morning focused my mind on moisture, beauty, color, and observing fantasy in the ordinary. 

Cathedral Cavern was closed at 8am, so I continued on to Buggy Top trailhead.  A sign proclaimed …