The "nondescript" vacation photo challenge

Why and how going on a trip can make you vulnerable

It was my late father’s dream to take his grandson to many places — and Colorado was high on the list. I was choking back tears when we landed in Colorado Springs last month. It felt like messages from dad were embedded in the landscape of the place.

Of course, the pathos of the moment was taken down a notch when salad dressing from a takeout box from D…