Brian has been itching to 'bike and hike' for a while now - meaning, load up our gear and take our motorcycles to the trailhead. We tried this concept once before on both bikes, but I was tired after the hike and not comfortable on the drive home. This time, I rode two-up with him …
Although we've lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for more than a year, we've yet to explore many of the sights tourists usually prioritize during a visit to this state capitol. One that we finally crossed off our list was touring the Capitol building. When we visited the Wyoming State Museum with Brian's parents earlier this year, …
We're continuing to train for our upcoming outdoor adventures in Patagonia and finally had all of our gear together to practice hiking with our full set up. Brian found a new area for our recent hike about an hour from home in Colorado. Our destination - the summit of Greyrock Mountain - in the Laramie …
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We concluded our national park visits during our Labor Day motorcycle trip with Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Black Canyon is known for its incredibly deep and steep cliffs as well as its very narrow widths - some so much so that only half an hour of sunlight reaches the canyon floor each …
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One of the highlights of our Labor Day motorcycle trip was spending a day in Mesa Verde National Park. Brian booked us a room at the Far View Lodge, which is about half-way into the park, so we technically had a late afternoon/evening as well as most of the following day for our visit. That …
Continue reading Touring the Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park
Brian planned an awesome motorcycle trip over Labor Day weekend that took us south along the backside of the front range in Colorado, over to Four Corners, and back north through Eastern Colorado. We ended up riding 1,348 miles across 5 states - visiting 3 national parks - and happily the weather cooperated the majority …
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We've made the 1.5-hour drive over to Wyoming's Snowy Range a couple of times but on our latest visit we camped overnight and woke up early to tackle one of the hikes that's been on Brian's list - Medicine Bow Peak. The summit sits at 12,018 feet and is accessible via a few different trails. …
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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