Laying Danny to Rest

Everyone is figuring out how to say goodbye to Danny. It's the hardest thing many of us will ever do but it's necessary and, eventually, it's also helpful. We wanted to share a couple of ways in which some of us gathered again to celebrate Danny and lay him to rest.

On June 7th a group of friends and family met in the mountains of Colorado to scatter some of Danny's ashes. We found a spot on a river near the base of Mt. Princeton, a fourteener which Danny had climbed with Lori.

"Danny's spot" is part of a wild and scenic restoration area above Cottonwood Lake outside Buena Vista, CO.

Each of us scattered some of Danny's ashes and said a few words about him and what he meant to us. All of the pictures can be seen here.


Earlier that week a few family members gathered at a small cemetery near my Dad's ranch east of Kiowa. We buried some of Danny's ashes in a plot there, in an urn made by Andy.

More pictures from that day can be seen here.

Later that week Andy and I drove to Wyoming to scatter some of Danny's ashes on a favorite river - the last fishing trip my brothers, my dad and I all took together was on this river exactly a year ago.

The first time we fished this river almost 10 years ago Danny called this hole "The Green Mile" and the name stuck. We fished it every year for almost ten years and Danny always went straight for the Green Mile.

Andy and I scattered some of Danny's ashes on the Green Mile:



and some more pictures are here.

A week later Lori scattered some of Danny's ashes in many spots that were special to both of them. We're so glad she got the chance to do this, and we thank her for it.

And we're not done: in the coming weeks and months Danny will make his way to Durango, Red Rocks, Northern California, and even Germany. We'll post more photos and stories of these celebrations as they happen. Thanks to everyone for continuing to stay in touch and for helping us remember Danny.

- Ryan