The Upper Animas River is considered by many kayakers to be the most scenic and worthy stretch of whitewater in the state of Colorado. After its beginnings at 9300 feet in the historic mining town of Silverton, the river gains speed as it descends 2800 feet on it course to Durango. The mountain river is […]
I spent this Memorial Weekend in Buena Vista, CO with a big group of friends. We all crashed at our friend’s house that is affectionately known as Dalton Ranch, and in between kayaking the Arkansas River, mountain biking, and BBQing, I got some flight time on my new Phantom quadcopter. I wanted to capture the […]
It appears as a UFO to the uninitiated and it is only somewhat of this world—it is a Phantom. The Phantom quadcopter produced by DJI Innovations is the first high-quality, medium-cost consumer quadcopter to come to market. There have been other high-end multirotor aircraft available for the past 5 or so years, but with costs […]
With the launch of my new website, I thought it would be worth it to quickly describe which software tools I’m using to produce the content that I post on patrickbrown.org. This is an always changing topic, but given my transition to professional quality tools in the past year, I thought it would be worth […]
Welcome to my new website that is built on the WordPress.org framework! I’ve spent the past two weeks migrating my old Blogger-based blog into a brand-new, from-the-bottom-up site built in WordPress. There are a multitude of reasons to use WordPress instead of Blogger that generally relate to powerful customization, but my primary reason for switching […]
Winters of late have served as a time of rest for me with a focus on projects around the house. So after several months of mulling about the house, the arrival of Spring brought with it another season of opportunity to travel and explore the West. When Colorado was still locked in Winter’s hold, the […]
There comes a point in time when you realize that you’ve done it—you’ve accomplished your goal. Hot on the heals of my recent kitchen remodel, I put the finishing touches on the remodeling project of my bathroom and just like that, I reached the conclusion of a decade’s worth of home improvement projects on my […]
1900 miles of driving over 4 days and I was exhausted. The road had lulled me into a state of complacency with its perfectly spaced concrete seems that resonated with the suspension in my Jeep Cherokee but I was soon to be awakened like never before. The fresh-off-the-lot little black Jeep was filled to the […]
Oh my God! The man appeared to be a white ghost, but I knew for certain his spirit was still within his body. Although only moments had passed, it seemed like an eternity. Of all the possible outcomes, this one was far from the worst. I might lose my job, but at least the man […]
