Colorado Hikes: Red Mountain Loop

We're still learning all of the places to hike near Cheyenne, and this weekend we had an opportunity to check out a new area just across the border in Colorado. The Red Mountain Open Space is a 15,780-acre public area with 15-miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horse-back riding. We wound our way back …

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Touring Wyoming’s Territorial Prison

We have an ever-growing list of things to do and places to explore in and around Cheyenne, Wyoming, and have been doing our best to tackle a nearby activity or two during our free weekends. This has been especially helpful as family and friends come to visit and ask us what there is to do …

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Cheyenne’s Depot Days

When we first moved to Cheyenne, we quickly learned its origin story and the significance of Union Pacific (UP) Railroad. You can't drive downtown without encountering the giant UP control tower overseeing the dozens of train tracks running straight through the city. For that matter, you can't miss the smoke and sounds of the 100+ …

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Learning About Bison at Terry Bison Ranch

After a fun weekend attending graduation parties for cousins on both sides of our family, we had the opportunity to host a few of our out-of-town relatives who had never visited Cheyenne. It's tricky being a tour guide in a town you haven't thoroughly explored yourself! Between a late fall arrival, a month out of …

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Itinerary: One Week in Wales

When Brian's annual tradeshow in Paris circled around, we decided to add on a weekend in Monaco before his work events, and a week after for our own exploration. We've both spent quite a bit of time in Europe so I started brainstorming a new country we could sneak in (Andorra, Liechtenstein, and San Marino …

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An American at King Charles’ Coronation

A week or so before our two-week trip to Monaco, France, Wales, and England, I had an epiphany. I had been so caught up in our overall trip planning and logistics that I had spaced on the broader landscape of events occurring in the areas where we were traveling. I text my mom and said, …

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An Afternoon in the Cotswolds

I don't know how I originally learned about the Cotswolds. But I've talked about visiting ad nauseum since then, much to Brian's chagrin. As luck would have it, this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covers 800 square miles in south-central England that we needed to traverse as we headed from Cardiff, Wales, to London. We …

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