I discovered Brandi Carlile a few months ago. Her eponymous album and Bear Creek are my favorites.
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Roasting the duck breast in extra duck fat for good measure.
Roasted Duck Breast
Cooking Leeks with Thyme in the duck fat
+ Salt & white pepper
Mid way through cooking, adding a thin layer of onion / shallots / garlic slowly cooked in butter with caraway seeds, salt, pepper, sugar and reduce with kentucky bourbon
Adding the mix of leeks, heavy cream, eggs and aged gruyere
The duck looks good
Golden
Serve the quiche warm with a small salad
Climb of Pyramid Peak on September 13, 2015
Starting slightly before 3am turned out to be a bad idea. Missed the gully to the saddle and went too far…
Bad thing about climbing up gullies you don’t know? Sometime it’s a dead end.
After wasting two hours I finally made it to the saddle
View of Pyramid Peak from the saddle
The type of rocks we’re dealing with? Both stable…and loose. Depending on which one you grab
The infamous “Gap” – The way down would not be fun.
Looking back after crossing the “Ledge”
Summit at 14025ft
View of the Maroon Bells
Capitol Peak in the back
Self 🙂
The aspen leaves started to change color…
The colorful valley
Awesome mountains of the Elk Range
Hiker (Glen?) and a mountain goat going back down.
Glen, Pete and Desirae We decided to go back down together for safety reason. On the ledge…
Mountain Goat following me
Mountain Goat following me still
Mountain Goat!!!!
In full daylight it’s easier to see the climb up the saddle
Maroon Lake / Sievers Mountains
Sievers Mountains
Getting rid of that old ugly website and starting anew. Well, kind of.
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Let your walks now be a little more adventurous – Henry David Thoreau
