James Richard Lane blog

Experimenting... I'm piloting my old travel blog again as a seasonal place to submit my news, stories, content, and thoughts. Every moment is an opportunity for new experiences, adventures, chances, risk, and stimulation. Here are stories showcasing my recent opportunities I followed through with: ROAD TRIP  I signed up for a half marathon that took place in Provo, Utah August 15th with my new friend Joey. We met June 2nd when I got into a bicycle accident on the Cherry Creek Trail which caused me to break my left radial head. Since then we've been good friends and discovered we both have a passion for running. We planned out a 3 day weekend trip August 14th - 16th in Utah.  Prior to our upcoming trip, my roommate Joe and I planned a very last minute road trip to his hometown of Durango, CO. We left from Denver, August 7th and made our way down south. Driving through Pike and San Isabel National Forest, Rio Granda National Forest, and parts of San Juan National Forest made the...

2016 has started and it has been filled with media, travel, and turtlenecks. The Year Of The Turtlenecks. New Years Eve was an exceptional way to end the year for me. The only words I can fathom to describe the absurdity of this night would be turtlenecks, farming, O'doul's. That basically was the key essentials to make that night what it was. It started off with Kim and I planning where we were going to spend the last night of 2015 together. My close compadre James was in town visiting from Vermont. He invited us to his older cousin Dan's farm, which was way out in the middle of nowhere. We were surrounded by horses, emus, and a pig named Garth Brooks. We were all sitting by the bonfire drinking and chatting away the hours. The countdown started and we were standing in the field waiting for the fireworks. It all went down with a big celebration Dan, James, Kim, and I walked in the house. Dan's nextstore neighbor (the landlard) came over informing us we somehow...