Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Yesterday we went to the Berrys. We got a tour of their new house. It was beautiful. We had a brunch of quiche, bagels, and fruit salad. Everything was delicious. They have a dog named Annie. She is so calm and quiet. Then we took a little walk. We saw cactuses, plants, and juniper trees. […]
Read More The 19th and 20th dayToday I am going to write my blog post from today and and yesterday. Yesterday Today we woke up and drove 2.5 hours to the Berry’s new house. There we had a delicious brunch. We had bagels, cream cheese, a very yummy fruit salad, and Fresh quiche. We got a lovely tour of their new […]
Read More The Last Two DaysDay 20! Tonight will mark the official halfway point. The morning started with Kimpton coffee. Always a good start to a day. We felt like we had two choices today. Option one was a smart choice. Complete a small hike on Mount Aspen to continue getting acclimated to the air way up here. (We’re climbing […]
Read More Day 20: AspenThis morning we woke up in luxury once again at the Sky Hotel in Aspen. We afforded ourselves the luxury of sleeping in. I also took advantage of having woken a bit before everyone else to give myself that Kimpton Spa time Molly loves to make fun of me for. After shaving for the first […]
Read More Rocky Mountain HighNote: I’m writing for Sunday a day late today because Kimpton last night! I’ll update again for today in a bit! We woke up bright and early Sunday for a full day of driving, visiting, dining, and swimming. The first leg of our journey took us 2.5 hours north of Cortez to just outside Montrose, […]
Read More Hey Ya!This was certainly an atypical day for us. For the first time in 19 days we heard familiar voices and saw familiar faces. We stopped outside of Montrose and were graciously invited to brunch at the Berry’s. Ahh, the Berrys. I have rewritten this sentence a dozen times trying to express how special they are. […]
Read More Day 19: The Berrys and AspenToday we toured the “quieter side” of Mesa Verde. Our first hike was a tour of Mug House. Each year the park designates a few of the 900+ alcove sites for a special tour. This helps to preserve them by limiting the number of people who enter them. This year it was Mug House’s turn. […]
Read More Good VibrationsToday was our last day in the desert. We’ve been here for a couple of weeks and I’m actually going to miss sweating from every pore in my body by 8:30 am. I’m going to miss sand poring out of my boot at the end of each hike and the plants and animals that make […]
Read More Day 18: Mesa Verde- Wetherill MesaToday we did the same thing as yesterday, looked at cliff dwellings. We started the day at 6:00. We went down to the lobby too have a quick breakfast of bagel, muffin, and an apple. We then hit the road and drove to Mesa Verde. Our first tour at Mesa Verde was Mug House. There […]
Read More More housesToday was another day at Mesa Verde. We did two cliff dwellings. The first one we did was Mug House. At Mug House we got to go inside of the rooms. Unlike the other tours there were only 10 people on this one usually there are 50. The next house we did was Step House. […]
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