by sutherland | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, Uncategorized
Proving that there is simply nothing I’m not willing to sell in trying to find an actual, official corporate sponsor for this trip, I will be making the entire trip – 24 days, 25 states, 8000 miles, 129 hours of driving, hiking the Grand Canyon, walking the Vegas...
by sutherland | Jun 8, 2012 | 2012roadtrip, Uncategorized
Amazon could almost be an official sponsor. As an Amazon Affiliate, Amazon gives us a percentage of anything purchased through links from this site. We’re purchasing most of the new items for this trip from Amazon and are using CamelCamelCamel.com to watch Amazon’s...
by sutherland | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
In April I bought a Prius. This, in and of itself, likely isn’t cause to question my mental health, but what it’s led to this summer may indicate that I have, indeed, gone batcrap-crazy. See, for several years, I’ve been driving a V8 Mountaineer that averages 16...
by sutherland | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Especially after my latest clinic experience, a friend or two has questioned why I write this blog. After all, it’s not like my kayaking blog, where I actually know what I’m doing; or my programming blog, where I’m writing about a field I have some expertise...
by sutherland | Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
A simple skate & shoot last night and I practiced some of the things I need to work on. First I worked on something I noticed at Monday’s clinic. From a standing start, I can start moving forward or backward pretty well, but at Monday’s clinic I was trying...
by sutherland | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Friday skate & shoot with the boy-child went well. I got some good skating in along with some practice handling the puck. Even practiced my tickle-shot a little … Okay, I’ll explain – some people have a slapshot – well, mine falls more toward the...