Eric Lars Bakke / Photographer

On January 20th a new journey began for my wife Nancy and me. It will be an arduous course with challenges that will test our will, our faith and our strength. It began on December 22, 2009 when we learned she had breast cancer once again. Her first bout was eleven years ago and she [...]

Wow, where did this year go? In fact, where did the decade go? It doesn’t seem that long ago that I climbed Bergen Peak  here in Evergreen CO. on New Years Eve 1999 to usher in the new millenium. In the balance of life this was not a great year. However, I have many blessings  [...]

Somewhere between the Queen Ka’ ahumanu Highway covering the Ford World Ironman Championship October 10, the Boston Patriots AFL throwback game less than twelve hours later  in Denver October 11  or the hike with the wife and dogs on October 18th , four hours before boarding a plane to cover the Monday NFL game in [...]

I am back after about a month’s hiatus. Things in my life were clucking along just fine, then May 2 I lost my father. No matter how prepared you are for a time like this, it still turns your world upside down. He had some health issues. Most folks at 83 years-of-age do have problems. [...]

One of the benefits of my work is learning something new just about every day from either news sources, research or the people and the businesses they develop or direct or perhaps by the products they produce. Most recently my schooling came from Don Harris. Harris, who lives here in Evergreen, is a career military [...]

The final day of 2008, Wednesday December 31 was the explanation point on a year filled with head shaking events. Mike Shanahan, the head coach of the Denver Broncos was fired. Yes, in a world filled with conflict, unsettled times and an assortment of life changing circumstances, football is pretty insignificant and a coach’s firing [...]

One of the main reasons I  love what I do for a living is the experiences I encounter and often meeting or witnessing the people  involved in those moments. Like so many other  times in my career I had the opportunity to witness history in a 29-hour period starting on August 27 in my hometown [...]