Childish Aspirations

The old tractor at Weatherby Cranberry Company in Wisconsin brought back happy memories of a childhood growing up on a farm and hours tilling soil, cultivating corn, and mowing. However, there were certain chores around machinery and livestock that I was not allowed to do, and I had always wondered why. I learned the answerContinue reading “Childish Aspirations”

Once Upon a Cable

My dad and I likely held onto this section of cable when we climbed Long’s Peak in 1963 as mentioned in yesterday’s post. The cable, now on display at the Estes Park Museum, was an inch thick and had been installed in 1925 to assist climbers up the final steep pitch of the north sideContinue reading “Once Upon a Cable”