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 …
Continue reading Motorcycling Through Rocky Mountain National Park
Aside from a long weekend in Rocky Mountain National Park a couple years ago, I haven't spent an appreciable amount of time in Colorado. So when our friends told us they were attending a week-long work conference in Denver, we immediately made plans to head down the weekend ahead of time to catch up! Denver …
Continue reading Exploring Colorado’s Red Rocks and Lookout Mountain
Our final morning in Rocky Mountain National Park we got an early start for the trailhead to Deer Mountain - the most accessible summit in the park. While the park is known for all of its 14ers, Deer Mountain's summit is at an easy, breezy 10,040 feet. To cut to the chase, our hike was …
Continue reading Rocky Mountain National Park: Summiting Deer Mountain
These crazy times of COVID-19 have inspired us (and many other people) to prioritize visiting the National Parks and enjoying the great outdoors. One of my favorite Christmas gifts - my annual America the Beautiful National Parks Pass - has come in especially useful this year. As planned, we kicked off the year visiting new …
Continue reading Rocky Mountain National Park: Trail Ridge Road
For our seventh wedding anniversary, we spent a weekend in Colorado enjoying time together in the great outdoors. In addition to spending a couple days in Rocky Mountain National Park, we drove to Colorado Springs to check out the infamous Pikes Peak. When we arrived mid-morning, traffic was already lined up to enter Pike National …
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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