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Hidden Valley Loop

Ann and I are joined by Grace to extend our last exploration of the hills east of Reno. These trails are great for getting right to the climbing. Once on the ridge we encounter a few wild horses. Wild Horses Wild Horse A smaller trail leads us up the ridge to a small peak. Ann…

February 25, 2012
Global Citizen Year Rebuild with Isotope Fun

This great program for kids to spend a year abroad between high school and college was ready for a rebuild of their prior site to simplify management and of course add some new candy at the same time. I got the go-ahead to play with the great Isotope jQuery plugin. Try out the filters on…

February 23, 2012
A trip to Vermont

I’ve been in Vermont for a couple of weeks where my web crafting amigo Jason lives in the hills. The flu nearly wiped out our whole agenda, but in hindsight we managed some good work and had quite a few Vermont winter experiences to boot. I have an aunt and grandmother in Burlington also, so…

February 20, 2012
Mount Rose Tour

Mike, a friend from the Reno Collective, proposes a ski up Mount Rose. With our one snow dump melting away in warm temps, we give it a try. The first climb faces south, so we figure we have it made when hit our first view. A peek at the ski area Up higher the snow…

January 29, 2012
A strange hike on Mount Davidson

Virginia City is interesting as an authentic-looking silver rush mining town and site of the Comstock lode. We breeze through looking for a hike, and find an unusual one. It’s not too surprising to find an unsafe mine here. Unsafe Mine Or a steep power line road to a ridge with a nice view of…

January 28, 2012
RSF impact map adds content flow, AJAX loading, and more

Ever seen a map of custom markers synchronized with thumbnail images in a content flow that dynamically loads content including tabs, post listings, and a slide show? I hadn’t either! I was not certain it could be done, but perseverance paid off. The map is tied to the thumbnails, so an item selected in either…

January 18, 2012
Castle Peak

It seems so clever to take advantage of dry, warm January weather to hike an easy peak with Ann and our friend Nick. At the trailhead we see only a few dozen other parties had the same idea. It turns out not to be that easy either, with much of the trail packed and slick.…

January 14, 2012
2011 – we come to rest in Reno

Twenty eleven was a “should we stay or should we go” year for Ann and I. The debate raged, and we settled on Reno, Nevada as a potential place to stay awhile. It was right between the mountains and the desert, and fairly central in the current distribution of Ann’s family. We came in May,…

December 31, 2011
One More Slush Walk

Another day of rain nearly saps our motivation, but we manage one more walk in the slush up some old logging roads on Cabarton ranch. I don’t even take photos today, but I feel better for the slog afterwards.

December 30, 2011
Tamarack by the rules

We don’t get the snow I hoped for overnight, but reports from the ski area sound pretty good so I head to the hill again with Jock and Becky MacGregor. Ann’s parents offer to buy me a lift ticket as a Christmas gift, so I even play by the rules today! To reward this good…

December 29, 2011