Blue Cat Sets Up to Go BikePacking

Blue Cat likes to ride his mountain bike. And he also likes to go camping. So Blue Cat has been spending the winter getting ready to go bikepacking. So what is “bikecamping? Just think of backpacking but using your bike to carry all the camping stuff and moving a lot faster than your legs will […]

Blue Cat Changes the Story

Blue Cat was out driving* the other day and got cut off by another driver. They sped up, got in Blue Cat’s way, and made Blue Cat really mad. “What a jerk!” he thought, “They must be very rude and selfish!” And Blue Cat considered teaching them a lesson by getting in their way. But […]

Blue Cat goes Back to Canada

Blue Cat is really enjoying his new job. Not only does he get to meet a lot of interesting people, but also gets to travel again. Except for having to travel Carry On Luggage Class (one step below Coach but two steps above Checked Baggage Class) it’s really pretty fun. And last year he got […]

Blue Cat Goes To Toulouse (France)

Blue Cat’s opportunities for international travel have really increased due to his new job – not only does his new company (Loft Orbital) have an office in France, but one of their primary suppliers is there as well. So Blue Cat got to go to Toulouse, France recently and had an enormously great time. Toulouse […]

Don’t Forget to Vote

It’s Election Day in the United States and Blue Cat wants to remind everyone to get their ballots in before 7pm local time tonight. Blue Cat may not agree with how you vote, but he very much agrees that your voice should be heard through the voting process. As an incentive, let Blue Cat know […]

Blue Cat Goes To Quebec City

Blue Cat has a new job (well, his scribe does) and last week it involved traveling to a distant foreign land known as Canada. Yes, Canada, the home of Tim Horton’s (arguably one of the best donut franchises in the world) and the other (for Americans) side of Niagara Falls. But Blue Cat got to […]

Blue Cat Gets Sand in his Ears

As you may know, Blue Cat is getting more and more into Camping. Yes, Camping with a capital “C” since it’s that big a deal. And there are so many places to go. Blue Cat’s latest Camping trip was to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. He’d been there once before in the late fall, […]

Blue Cat has a Dam Scary Time

It doesn’t look scary in this picture, but it was – at least to Blue Cat. This is the Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back the Colorado River and helps form Lake Powell. Amazing engineering, yes, but scary? Let Blue Cat explain. Blue Cat was taking a trip to Arizona to meet a new dog […]

Blue Cat Faces Snowmageddon

It was snowing in Colorado. Really snowing for the first time in a long time. And Blue Cat has discovered a few things that might help you if you face a lot of Spring snow… The first thing is that snow depth can be deceptive. Fudge didn’t realize that just because the snow had a […]

Blue Cat is Grateful for … Eleven Mile State Park

Blue Cat’s been in the dumps the last few days and hasn’t been blogging as much as he would have liked. But he did find another thing that he’s thankful for – a Colorado State Park called Eleven Mile State Park. Not only does the park have great camping, but there were some surprises along […]