May 6, 2006 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
(The Press Release originally posted here will be reposted on Tuesday as a separate link. There were conflicts with the Word and WordPress programs) Dear Terry: I just got a nice email from your former partner, Sam Ware, who wants to buy me a beer in Dallas. I...May 1, 2006 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
How would you like this right in front of your view? Phase III kicked in today, Monday, with more signs, a visit to the local sheriff, newspapers, a land-use attorney and best of all–an 11 foot helium blimp. It’s tethered on the top of my house and...Apr 29, 2006 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
What do you do when you return from Antarctica and find that someone has built a road across your property? Take a look here–the left arm of the yellow symbol is our property corner and the right one is where the road footing starts–a full 10 feet! Plus...Nov 2, 2005 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
Our mission is to proceed to Mesa Verde National Park, whose Centennial is next year, to design a poster for the event. We are granted permission to visit Square Tower, shown above from the road, which has been closed to the public since 1940. Our descent from the...Oct 30, 2005 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
It’s off to Mesa Verde via Salt Lake City to pick up our Bambi Airstream trailer where we encounter a Wyoming Road Hazard–ranchers driving their cattle down from the high mountain valleys. Five hours later we arrive in Salt Lake City and stay with my old...Oct 21, 2005 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips
Our first stop is Mt. Rainier National Park–my favorite Park. I’ve climbed Mt. Rainier at least 4 times and spent two summers working on Camp Schurman in the early 1960s. Here we’re hiking with our friends Rog and Pam–this is Martina on the...