• Hobbies •
Renewal:
"Leisure is only possible to a man who is at one with himself and also
with the world." Piper
My hobbies
include running, swimming, bicycling, downhill and cross-country
skiing,
hiking, alpine mountain climbing.
After
my regimen of writing 2,000 a day, words and reading, I also go to
concerts,
movies and dabble at my hobby of collecting old photographs and antique
stereo cards. My wife and I also collect penguins (not real ones) and
go
to neighborhood yard sales.
Or I waste time (It really isn't a waste of time.) on the world on the
Internet.
Bicycling:
Tour
de Hell
Urban
Mountain Biking
Last
week it seemed I was running around on two wheels
Nebo
draws warm memory of cold winds
Moab-Call
it an almost-good road trip that fell 35 miles short
Spanish
Fork Canyon (see photo)
Steel
steed's misstep isn't enough to spoil incredible bike ride
bicyclists
say benefits of ride worth the risks
Swimming:
6-mile swim
across Utah Lake
Skiing:
Cross-country
skiers break trail through fresh winter powder
Hiking/camping:
Maple
Canyon, this enchanted canyon (photo on top
of canyon)
Utah
has its own Fantasy Island
Coyote
Other adventures:
Just
like Dad
Nebo
draws warm memory of cold winds
Monument
Valley Photo Safari
Final
farewell to Floyd Experiencing hurricane firsthand
Wildlife
workers take wild ride in sky to stock lakes
Patience
pays off with glimpse of Crystal Geyser
Something's
going on at Area 51 - but no one's talking
Catching
a train was never so fun (photo of train)
Trip
to canyon was look back at Utah mining past
Extended flight
Assignment
notes
Nephi's
Superwoman is faster than a speeding bullet
Miscellaneous:
Longtime
reporter hangs up pen
ALSO OF NOTE: CLIMBED
to summit, 18,405-foot (5,610 m) Volcán Pico de
Orizaba
, (aka Citlaltépetl), Puebla Veracruz, Mexico. Rode mountain
bicycles with son from Salt Lake City to Sacramento. BICYCLED
, with son from Salt Lake City to Sacramento. COMPLETED
, Deseret News Marathon twice and Logan Marathon last two years.
RODE and completed five years in a row Davis Double Century,
a
200-mile-in-one-day bicycle ride starting in Davis, Calif.
TEAM MEMBER, Utah National Guard Bikathon Team, as member
bicycled
with team five years in row from Utah-Idaho border to Utah-Arizona
border,
stopping at public schools along the way to speak about healthy
lifestyles
and the pitfalls of illegal drug use. CROSS
COUNTRY
SKIED three days from Strawberry Reservoir into Diamond
Fork. FINISHED, last Pedal for
Power Ride, group bicycle ride from St. George, Utah to Salt Lake City,
and
filed daily stories by computer and posted photographs to Daily
Herald
.