I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for the comments and love that you have given me through this blog. I am about to embark on yet another adventure. I will be traveling this year and taking a year to reflect upon my life. This is not some lame reason to abandon the blog, in fact it could actually increase the frequency. As I was packing up to leave I found even more memories to write about.
Here are some contact sheet pictures from a trail ride at Dan’s ranch circa 1986. Yes this was the one that they played a fake dynamite joke on me and that I had to be tied to my saddle after an unfortunate run in with a bottle of tequila. Ah yes those were some crazy days. 
Dan and Miss Sally riding into the sunset… Happy Trails!
May 17th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Dear Jon,
I want to thank you for having shared this blog with all of us.
Regretfully, I never met Dan, nor did I have the pleasure of seeing him live in concert; but, like many others, I have had the pleasure of his beautiful music and lyrics for most of my life. And, like many others, I have felt an inexplicable sense of loss with his passing. I cannot imagine how exponential that loss must feel to you, to Jean, and to his family.
Thanks again for sharing the Dan you knew with us; it has brought a lot of comfort and smiles to all of us – hopefully it did the same for you. I do hope that you will check in from time to time on this blog to share more stories of your adventures with Dan, as well as with news of your own.
Good luck and much adventure to you, Jon.
May 25th, 2012 at 2:38 am
Jon,
I accidently discovered your blog tonight and read the whole thing! I’m a huge Fogelberg fan and your stories have put a lump in my throat.
I saw him several times, but my favorite show was in ’99 at Red Rocks. It had poured rain all day and all during poor Eliza Gilkyson’s opening set. About ten minutes before Dan came out the rain stopped for the rest of the night. As usual he closed with a “Gambler” sing along, but this time it went on forever. I had chills down my back! To this day I get a little smile on my face every time I hear that song.
I would have given anything to have met him, but through you I feel like I know him just a little. Thanks so much!
June 9th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Thanks for the stories, Have a safe journey to the center of your mind… (insert song here) You and Dan are just like the guys I hung out with… a pair of really cool guys, your stories gave me that , wished we could had hung out… oh well, in another life, hopefully….
June 11th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Ah. Settin’ out to visit the old road again, eh? (Hmmm. Funny how you can visit something that is never in the same place.) We’ll look forward to your travel tales. Liable to be some adventures and creative inspiration, I’m guessing.
Be good and take care.