Rocky Mountain High

“You can talk to [g]od and listen to the casual reply” – John Denver There can’t be any better place in the world than on top of an alpine mountain. Somehow it took until day 41 for me to get there this year, but the wait was worth it. For several years I’ve been wanting […]

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Day 41: Mt. Ida

Last night, for the first time ever, Zak and I shared a tent, while the girls slept in the one right next to us. We were in a Rocky Mountain National Park campground and all felt comfortable with the idea of the girls being on their own. I know they envisioned hours of giggling and […]

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Day 42 and we have less then a week left and we climbed another mountainđŸ˜‹

Twins Sisters Peak ✔,Deer Mountain ✔,Mt. Washburn ✔,Mt Sherman ✔,Estes Cone ✔,Guadalupe Peak ✔,Coranodo Peak ✔,Mt Bierstadt ✔, Wason Peak ✔,and finally Mt Ida ✔. This morning we got up ☝early and were in freezing cold tents. We packed camp up ☝and got to the trail 👣 head of Mt Ida by 6:00. Mt Ida […]

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Mt. Ida

Finally we summited Mt. Ida. After planning to do it for 2 years we were stopped by rain and snow. It was beautiful you could see the whole park. We saw mountains, cars, and animals. So many animals we saw deer, yellowed bellied marmots, elk, ground squirrels, pikas, and moose. The top was cold and […]

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