Recently we watched the Will Ferrell movie, Kicking and Screaming, in which Ferrell’s character becomes the coach of his son’s soccer team…

In one of the opening scenes, they show up for soccer practice and all the parents were like, “they’re looking for one of the parents to coach the team…the other coach can’t do […]

The annual Christmas tree cutting is one of my favorite days of the year. Beyond a fun tradition, I like to think of it as more of a “hunt”, and I take pride in finding the “best” tree each year. This year was no exception…it was a glorious day in the mountains, and I dressed […]

We saw him in our back yard this morning. He was licking an empty soda can for awhile…I guess he was hungry or something.

We’ve seen deer and various other wildlife behind our house. One time we had a bear cub in our front yard. Unfortunately we missed it, but it did leave a “present” next […]

This morning we went to Konigsee lake and then headed for Kehlsteinhaus, the mountaintop home built for Hitler, also known as the Eagle’s Nest. Unless you want to spend the day hiking, the way to get to Kehlsteinhaus is to take a bus up the mind-boggling Kehlstein road to the upper parking lot, where you […]

Today we generally took it easy, went to an old fashioned mill, and hiked in a large nature park. I did a little bushwacking/running through the woods which was fun. I climbed up into a hunting “stand” to look for animals…the view was great but unfortunately didn’t see any wild boar which is what I […]