Random Past Posts
South Dakota’s Spring Cattle Branding NOTE to South Dakota Folks: CLICK HERE for full set of pics. Late spring is “branding” season in South Dakota. A local rancher who caught a ride with us to one of the calf branding events called them “celebrations.” The More...
Leadville Silver Rush 50 Trail Run I wasn't really surprised to learn that running 50 miles in a day is hard. Especially if it’s on rocky, high-mountain trails. A dirty little secret about the Leadville Silver Rush 50 Trail Run is that it isn’t really More...
Paris 2012: Eiffel Tower For a while, it was the tallest manmade structure in the world. Built in the 1880s by Gustav Eiffel (the bridge-building engineer who had recently built the framework for the Statue of Liberty), the Eiffel Tower was intended as a More...
Greek Tragedy Many countries have some sort of tribute to unknown soldiers killed in the nation's historical wars. Greece's is in downtown Athens, right next to their Parliament building. As the sculpture on the wall behind it reminds us, Greek warriors More...
Iran: Persepolis and the Persian Empire When Alexander the Great conquered Persia and ransacked the palaces of Persepolis in 330BC, it took 20,000 camels and mules to haul off all the looted treasure. His armies then set fires that left the place in ruins More...