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Remembering the Sand Dunes

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, November 2, 2010,

After a long drive, it was still relatively early in the morning at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. I was entertaining guests from London, England two-and-a-half years ago, and they wanted to see something scenic in Colorado. So, since I had taken them to Rocky Mountain National Park on a previous trip, this time I took them south from Denver toward Alamosa.

I had never seen the Sand Dunes before, but it was high up on my list. So I, too, was excited to ge...

Pikes Peak & America the Beautiful

Posted by Jason Hussong on Wednesday, August 18, 2010,

O beautiful for spacious skies,

It was a beautiful day as I drove up Pikes Peak with my friends Brian and Keith. The two are brothers that I've known since my college days at the University of Minnesota. They were out visiting for the weekend and wanted to go to Colorado Springs to travel to the top of one of the most famous peaks in the world. They didn't know the history of discovery behind the mountain, but were familiar with the song by Katharine Lee Bates that made it famous.

For amber...

Judo Memories at the Olympic Training Center

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, August 9, 2010,

I practiced judo for six years with Denver Judo, and never once made it to the U.S. Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs. Tournaments were held there at least annually, and I was never able to make it for one reason or another. One happened to be that I wasn't much for competing, but generally there were time conflicts. The biggest conflict of all now is that I'm no longer able to practice due to a shift in schedules at work. Part of me is disappointed by this because ...

The Air Force Academy Chapel

Posted by Jason Hussong on Saturday, November 28, 2009,

When I was getting close to graduating from high school my father took me to a bunch of these college fairs. At most of them there were military recruiters from all of the different branches. I had no desire to enlist, but I knew he really wanted it for me. He claims it was to get me in better shape, but I think it was probably more of a case to have the family military tradition carry on. It never happened and instead I went my own way. But as I stood on the groun

ds of the Air Force Acade...

Stanley Lake Canyon

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,

I had no idea the general public was ever allowed on the Air Force Academy grounds. I guess I just always assumed it was a closed and secured facility for the cadets and instructors alone. Of

course, naturally, I always wondered how folks were allowed on the grounds for the different hockey and football games, but actually didn't give it a whole ton of thought. Then the place opened up to me with an end-of-the-season hike with Kory Kilmer.

The AFA is nestled into the hills just north of ...

The Garden of the Gods

Posted by Jason Hussong on Sunday, November 1, 2009,

There are a handful of places that I seem to visit each year in Colorado, whether it be by choice or chance. It's almost as if I'm drawn to them as their beauty eclipses any other lovely spot in this great state. One of the places that I drop in on annually, if not more, is the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

The family of Charles Elliot Perkins, head of the Burlington Railroad, donated the land to the city of Colorado Springs upon his death in the early 1900s. Initially Perkin...