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Roy sucks at skiing!!!!
have pretty much decided that if I... a) want to live b) want to relax duing my "vacation" c) want my body to maintain a peach coloring - I need to hang it up.
So Roy will now be exploring the city of Steamboat Springs, CO over the next few days.

"gotta know when to fold them"....

A good read:
I read this article from one of my favorite magazines a few minutes ago, it has landed well. While i am not privy of the political atmosphere within the catholic church, I find it hard to believe this situation still runs rampant. Link Here

ski ski ski

leaving to go skiing in about 30 minutes. no email (perhaps) for the next few days excites me. no cell phone excites me. smoking my pipe and reading my books excites me. hanging with my roomie d-willy excites me. snow falling excites me - it's been two years since i have been in a snowfall. It feels like the world stops when it does.

will post pics soon.

casa

i got to houston today. the last few times I have come home I have wigged out a little. something about my old stomping grounds, cramming as many social interactions into a few days as possible, and the thought that this is no longer home for me somehow culminates to a sense of anxiety.

this time it's going to be different, not sure why just yet, but just has a different air about it. time will tell.

home

New Nicaragua pics, too tired to write something right now.....and yes, i am a professional monkey caller.

Nicaragua

internet

so i got internet, here is some action from day one....i didn't do much work, lots of reading, coffee, fam time and some cerveza.
click for pics

outie

i am off to Nicaragua - in Houston on a layover currently.
This will by my first time in a few years where I haven't even had the option to work. There will be no internet, no phone service - nada. This has me a little tense in a way, but I am looking forward to it.

I will be staying at a pretty rad place - check it out here - and it will be totally different than what I have ever done. It has the mix of mountains, beach, and rain forest which is a cool mix. It's also giant sea turtle mating season which takes place on the beach where we are staying - so that should be interesting.

Look for pics upon my return. CS Lewis and Francis Schaeffer are going to be keeping me company. (along with some good fam time)

get-a-way

sometimes we just have to get away, get some time to think.....this past saturday I had that opportunity. growing up in Houston i didn't get the chance to enjoy any kind of topography, an occasional hill due to some unsightly drainage ditch or something was the extent of it.
now I can be at a place like this in about an hour and half and exhale......

exhale is what I don't do much as of late. my chest just feels this constant compression, one that grows day by day until I can't breath any more - creativity stunted, conversations have run dry, and spiritually anemic. while spiritual disciplines have their place, so do spiritual liberations - nature is this for me.

picture of the falls from the suspension bridge






my two preferred shoe styles






an overlook at a set of falls








the colors are out, and calling your name

slc ....who knew

turns out Salt Lake City does have a cool vibe, I thought it may have been a little dry (no pun intended). I had good beer, met great people, and totally bombed a sales pitch....so it was a mixed visit. off to atlanta in a few minutes and then to nashville. i have never been to nash. so i am looking forward to good times.

the sampler made the choice an easy one, the Hefeweizen.

vegas

I am leaving Vegas in a few minutes., I have been on the road 8 days and have 6 more to go..good times with my best friend from 1st grade.