Michael Livingston

Jul

23

Pa-Co-Chu-Puk

2008 | Filed Under Adventure, Fiction, Homelife | Leave a Comment

That’s the name of the little state park below the Ridgway dam. Less than half an hour from where I sit writing this in Ouray, it’s a terrific stretch of catch-and-release trout fishing. My parents are in town for about a week, so Dad and I went down there today for a bit [...]

May

26

More Anasazi Trek Pictures

2008 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | Leave a Comment

Looking at the many pictures I posted of my Anasazi Trek early this month, I noticed that they were deficient in one rather important area: I wasn’t in them.
So, courtesy of my parents, here are a few pictures from the trip featuring yours truly (and one bonus shot of my brother taking pictures in a [...]

May

11

Anasazi Trek 2008

2008 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | 8 Comments

What follows is a report on three days of exploring in the backcountry of southeastern Utah and northern Arizona. A slideshow of images illustrating the whole can be found halfway through the account.
DAY ONE
Today we hunted Anasazi ruins.
There’s a story behind this, as you would imagine, and it has to do with my parents’ 40th [...]

May

4

Fly-fishing Action

2008 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | 4 Comments

These are a few pictures from this morning’s trek on the South Platte River here in Colorado, courtesy my dad. Good stuff. We hiked into the canyon — a mile or two to our fishing spot, at most — which gave me a chance to appreciate my brand new 7-piece Orvis fly rod. [...]

Dec

2

Swamp Trek: Day Two

2007 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | 5 Comments

The morning after our swamp walk in the dark, I awoke to crisp air and the rustling of fallen leaves. I rolled to my side, blinking bleary-eyed to see if anyone else was a-stir. The Colonel, of course. Standing not far away in the brisk air, peering right to left with a [...]

Dec

1

Swamp Trek: Day One

2007 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | 2 Comments

7/10 of a mile. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? Walk goal-line to goal-line on a football field 12 times, then head back and stop on the 32 yard line. Or walk three east-west blocks in New York City and pop into the Starbuck’s just past the corner. That’s it. Ain’t far at all. I [...]

Nov

28

Swamp Trekking

2007 | Filed Under Adventure, Homelife | 4 Comments

The one-line email came last week. A simple, seemingly vague question:
Up for a walk in the woods with a Citadel legend?
The Citadel is a place of legends, you understand. It’s steeped in the ghosts of tradition and story and myth. Yet even so I knew at once what I was being asked [...]