Hiking

Fort Eben-Emael gun position facing across the Canal Albert, towards the Netherlands. (Which Belgium expected Germany to attack across.)

Fort Eben-Emael

2013-05-26 Historic 0

This was our second trip to Fort Eben-Emael, our previous one being when I visited my then girlfriend, now wife, when she still lived in […]

Clouds over the Hotel Steineweiher pond.

St. Vith

2013-05-23 Hiking 0

This was my wife & I’s second trip to St. Vith. (The last time was a few months before I proposed in 2006.) We loved […]

Relaxing on next to the Williams Benchmark above Alamo Lake.

Alamo Lake BM Loop

2013-02-22 Hiking 0

Time constraints prevented me from hiking the benchmarks out to (gravel) Alamo Rd a few weeks ago. In reviewing the topo, I noticed there was […]

Pam in the massive arch. Eagle Eye Mountain in back (left), with Pioneer Peak beyond that.

Eagle Eye Peak

2013-02-18 Hiking 0

Second week in a row out in Aguila with Pam, this time to scale Eagle Eye Peak and it’s house-sized arch. Turns out there is […]

Looking north at Eagle Eye Mountain (left) and Eagle Eye Peak (right). The arch on Eagle Eye Peak is enormous.

Eagle Eye Mountain

2013-02-13 Hiking 0

I like maps. Always have. I can remember being maybe six years old looking at my dad’s camping topos, pretending I was moving troops. My […]