False Start
By mid-May 2021 we were ready to get out and travel again. COVID seemed to be under better control in many parts of the country, we were both fully vaccinated, and us humans… Continue reading
Category Archive: Colorado
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Snowshoe Regret: The Visit to St. Mary’s Glacier
Our last outing in Colorado was a brief one: a few days prior to our departure from Nancy and Tim’s Tom and I decided to get out for the morning and take a… Continue reading
South Boulder Creek Trail. Or, the Amazingness of the Colorado Wilderness.
While Tom and I were visiting his family in Colorado, his niece Nancy, Abby, and I took a day to do a hike in the James Wilderness. I don’t believe I’ve seen a… Continue reading
Mount Evans Scenic Drive and a Hike to the Chicago Lakes
During our trip the previous year Nancy and I had driven most of the way up the Mount Evans Scenic Byway but hadn’t made it past Summit Lake since the section to the… Continue reading
Drive Up Cottonwood Pass and Family Days in Evergreen
We only had a day and a half to get from our Habitat build in Cortez to Tom’s niece’s house in Evergreen but we made the most of it, leaving early from the… Continue reading
Cortez Days and a Weekend in San Juan National Forest
It wasn’t just our awesome experience building with Montezuma County Habitat that made our 2 weeks in Cortez so pleasant, it was also the relaxing pace of the area and the proximity to… Continue reading
Montezuma County Habitat for Humanity
From Utah our destination was Cortez, Colorado where we were signed up to build for 2 weeks with Montezuma County Habitat for Humanity. As the only two RV Care-a-vanners that signed up for… Continue reading
Sampling the San Juan Mountains
Between our visit with Nancy’s family and our arrival in Las Cruces we had three days in which to get a taste of the San Juan Mountains. Because we wanted to see as… Continue reading
The Mount Evans Scenic Byway and a Hike Up Mount Spaulding
As lovely as the other hikes and outdoor explorations we did during our visit, the drive up the Mount Evans Scenic Byway and subsequent hike up Mount Spaulding were hands-down the most beautiful.… Continue reading
A Tale of Two Hikes: Upper Boulder Lake and Mount Sanitas Trails
One of the best things about the mountain ranges in states such as Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Arizona is the rapid changes in elevation that allow you to experience multiple ecosystems… Continue reading