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Wildflowers of The Indian Peaks Wilderness
I wish I could capture the beauty in the crazy variety of colors on the landscape but I can’t. I tried to at least capture the variety. The Maple is the undisputed queen of the mountain wildflowers the rest of these scrubs wish they were this beautiful.
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Casa Bonita
The summer trip, when done right, is about unique opportunities. When looking for that, Casa Bonita delivers. While visiting my Mom, she treated all the kids and grandkids to a restaurant experience unlike any other. In fact this is the first restaurant i have ever been to that was featured in a South Park episode,…
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How I ended up at a Cat Circus
My sister knows that I don’t take no sitting around, and for my whole adult life she has lovingly planned crazy activities for us when we visit, so I always give her the benefit of the doubt. We have entered a curling tournament, used heavy construction equipment, and rented out a ninja gymnasium. All somewhat…
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Indian Peaks Wilderness, CO
Alpine Meadows baby, my favorite of all the biomes. To me there is no more beautiful scene in the world than a pristine “untouched” mountain meadow. To have my family there in the foreground made it the most gorgeous view I’ve ever laid my eyes on. Do people climb mountains just to reach the top…
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Preparing For Wilderness
The Indian Peaks Wilderness is one of the most beautiful protected areas in the world. A wilderness area is an area of land that’s protected and preserved in its natural, undeveloped state. In order to maintain their natural wildness, when a trail becomes blocked, rangers will opt to avoid chain saws and power tools as…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
When Everest was two months old we walked out on the dunes in an attempt to get to the top of one of the highest dunes in America. Not even half way up he quit! Didn’t make it! This always stuck with me and for eight years I’ve wondered what’s on the other side of…
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Lathrop State Park, CO
After days of flat landscapes we finally got to dip our toes into the Rockies. We ended up changing our original plans to head to Taos and Amy was able to find an excellent state park for us to explore. We scrambled up rocks that make up the very first foothills of the Rockies. At…
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No one cares
Look how amazing I am at packing food! After a few days away, tomorrow we will rejoin nature, we will finally hit the base of the Rocky Mountains and get back to our National Park ways. Today we resupply, we call it a KOA day. We get groceries, do laundry, charge up, and fix things…
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Dodge City, KS
Riding into Dodge City on Wyatt Earp Avenue, I have to wonder what he would have thought if he could see us today. A lawman so notorious that every western town seems to make some claim to him and his name is still known across America today. I was excited to see if Dodge City…
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Kansas
Each year, to put it lightly, there must be a short section of the journey that is not known for its great road trips. This year I chose Kansas. It’s so undesirable as a destination that I actually didn’t reserve anything for four days, assuming we could find our way, day by day, like old…
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