The Story of The Stories

So, I've done it. I've gone and joined the ranks of Mike Doughty, Peter Romney and Harvey Sally; I've created a blog. My reasons for starting this little blog are two-fold:

1. I would say 70%-75% of my friends, whom I would consider good, hang out anytime friends, have moved away this year. Hopefully I will be able to keep all friends apprised of what I am doing and experiencing in hopes of the returned favor.
2. A scratch pad. Ideas that I want others to read for no other purpose than to just read and think about. Or maybe if I saw something funny happen or whatever "on my mind" types of things I come up with (not everyday like trip reports and what happened at school and stuff. Serious post #1 may be in relation to such blogging).

So that is my rationale for this little endeavor. I hope to accompany every post with a picture for the sake of pleasantness. (relevant to the post is ideal but not a pre-requisite). So let's start off today's with a nice pleasant pic from the saddle of Grand Teton in Jackson WY.