Lesson learned: Dollar Rent a Car will try to rip you off. My girlfriend and I arrived in Las Vegas ready for a great trip. Two weeks hiking around the grand circle. We had our rental car arranged and the price set. We waited in line at Dollar for an hour while one clerk serviced…
Continue reading →I’m the type of person who prefers doing things myself. Whether it be code development, bicycle repair, computer repair, car repair, home repair, or even how to barbecue a perfect rack of ribs, if I can do it myself, I do. The internet and its experts have provided me a wealth of information on how…
Continue reading →A friend and I hiked across about 18 miles of the Presidentials in New Hampshire on 9/5/2004. Try doing this with 3 hours of sleep after a night of drinking. Needless to say, the first hour or so was really painful. After that everything seemed to slide into a nice steady rhythm. We took a short rest at the top of Mount Washington and then continued on to finish the hike in 10 hours.
