Irrelevant Tangents -Stuff that has nothing to do with research
Good Distractions...
Bike Touring
For two and half months in the summer of 2000, my wife and I followed the red line from east to west... by bicycle. You too can quit your job and join a small group of deranged individuals who can honestly say, “I once pedaled across a continent”. Click here if you want the maps.
Kayaking
Me running Howard's Plunge on the North Fork Payette (for full gallery see here, requires log-in)
Rafting
Although I've been rafting and kayaking for a while, I'd never actually rowed an oar-frame until this year. I finally learned how on\ a fantastic trip run by Justin Daily and Dana Olson at Idaho State University's Outdoor Adventure Center down the Main-stem Salmon River in Idaho.
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| Me illustrating my amateur rowing skills down Chitham rapid... kayaking makes more sense :). | Matt & Kerry on a flatwater section of the Salmon... (see whole gallery here) |
Booker
My wife and I are the proud parents of a “pure-bred
multi-generation mutt”, or “Booker”. Booker seems
to think he's a pretty good mountain biker. I suppose he is, in the
absence of deer anyway. Poor old Booker's life has changed with the
arrival of our two boys to terrorize him :). However, Booker is still
one of the most well-traveled mutts I know. He was born in the States,
spent nearly 3 years running all over the Downs in southern England,
and then spent 2 years concentrating on mountain biking and worrying sheep in Wales.
We've taken him to the continent, so he's also been to France, Belgium,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Unfortunately, with open
borders in the EU, Booker does not have the stamps in his passport
to confirm this to his other doggy friends. He's now returned to the States and enjoys playing in the Rockies.
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Booker in the South Downs above South Harting, England  | Is that a sheep? I wonder if he wants to play? |
Kids
In addition to the mutt, we've got two fantastically rambunctious boys.... Payback for my youth - karma is terrible.
 |  Cadel showing Luke how to float... then,  |