Sheppy's Blog

I live in a very dangerous neighborhood. Well, most of the neighborhood is fine, but my house can be a living terror. Something weird abou...

I just updated colorado.ericshepard.com with my latest Sheppy Quest adventure: http://colorado.ericshepard.com/sheppyquest2009.htm What is...

My son played his first flag football game last night. He is on a team with 7 other (maybe 8 other) 7 and 8 year olds through the Denver R...

I just climbed the East side of Mt. Falcon on my Mt. Bike. Most of you reading this blog do not know what that climb is like, but trust me,...

If you follow baseball, you probably know that the Colorado Rockies went to the world series in 2007 after an incredible winning streak to e...

Yesterday, I went mountain biking. I have been a couple times this year, but before this summer, it has been years since I've actually ...

This past weekend, we went camping at Wellington Lake, which is a private lake (with private campsites) down in the Pike's Peak National...

Well... Tracy signed up the Colorado Shepards for a run / walk / ride for the Second Wind Fund of Metro Denver. The event is in September....

Well, my wife's birthday is July 3rd, and our tradition is that we always (well usually anyway) go away to some mountain town for the 4t...

My 7 year old son drew and then colored this picture. He did not trace the Blackhawks logo. He did have a printed out copy that he looked ...

So, this past weekend, we tried the Mr. Root Beer that we mixed up the previous weekend . It was good. It was really really good. If you l...

My boys and I mixed up some Mr. Root Beer this weekend. My dad sent us a Mr. Root Beer kit awhile back. We tried to make our first batch ...

I meant to go camping Memorial Day Weekend, but waited too long to get a decent reservation. Back before kids, that would not matter, but n...

This has to be the best commercial I've ever seen. I wonder who had to go through and find all these pictures.

Well, I was right. I am in a bad mood today. At least the Hawks were not embarrassed. Huet played an excellent game and the Hawks went to ...

Today is Tyler's last day of 1st grade. Yesterday, he was real excited because I told him I would go to the 2nd grade picnic with him. ...

We didn't have the best Memorial Day Weekend weather. It is always nice to get rain, but it really would have been nice to get more sun...

It has been a long time since I've had a such an interest this far into both the basketball and hockey playoffs. Quite frankly, it is e...

I gave my 32nd pint to Bonfils Blood Center yesterday. So, I know how to bleed... what do I want ... a medal? Well, actually I did get a m...

Today is the anniversary of the day that Germany passed its Beer Purity Law. In Germany it is illegal to brew a beer with any ingredient ot...