Denver

This morning we got to sleep in. I got to enjoy some tea. I was going to get iced tea but they didn’t have it so I was going to make it myself. I put the water in the cup. Apperaently either the water was way too hot which it didn’t feel like that or […]

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Day 44: Denver

Today we traded the sounds of water rushing for a mass transit system. We traded the smells of ponderosa pine for city garbage. We traded beef jerky for gourmet doughnuts. We traded the views of mountains and deserts for skyscrapers and a bustling downtown. We traded scents of wild flowers for food trucks. We traded […]

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Last Hike

This morning we woke up to a deer. It stayed near us all morning. It was pretty creepy. After packing up we headed back down. Sadly, this was the last time. Now all we have is Denver and driving. The hike down was beautiful. During it I thought about all of the hikes we’ve done, […]

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Way Down We Go

“You let your feet run wild” – Kaleo Today we left Rocky Mountain National Park. The good news, though, is that despite my post a day or two ago about not knowing when I’d return to a place, I feel very confident that I’ll be back here again next June. We talked a bit today […]

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Day 42: Odessa Lake

Everything about today was backwards. We slept in. We ate a huge late breakfast out. We did “touristy” things in the morning. We didn’t begin hiking until 4:30. We ended our hike going downhill. Everything was mixed up. We have finally found perfect accommodations in Estes Park. This was our second year staying at Ponderosa […]

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Day 42 and we hiked for the last time of the trip and we are camping tonight and backpacked today😝

Today we got up ☝at 8:00 or something. It was amazing to sleep in. We checked ✔out of the hotel🏨 and drove to laundromat. It was SO much🌋(random volcano) fun! I got to see 👀 my dad out the Landry machine!!!!!!!!! Then we went out to breakfast. I got a meat omelet. We also played […]

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Odessa Lake

July 19, Today was a backwards day. We slept in instead of waking up at the crack of dawn. We had a delicious huge breakfast instead of dinner. We did touristy things in the morning instead of afternoon. And we hiked in the evening instead of the morning. After sleeping in we got a delicious […]

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