Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“I think the universe is on my side” – Echosmith I’m kind of at a loss about how to write about today. The end was so spectacular that I feel like I should lead with that. Perhaps now that I’ve teased it you’ll stick around until the end. Last night we decided that we would […]
Read More Bright“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 […]
Read More Rocky Mountain HighLast 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 […]
Read More Day 41: Mt. IdaTwins 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 […]
Read More Day 42 and we have less then a week left and we climbed another mountain😋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 […]
Read More Mt. IdaThe morning started with a wonderful homeade breakfast of french toast, eggs, bacon, Trader Joe’s dark roast coffee, and good friends to wake up with. We are so thankful the Stewarts welcomed us into their home and allowed us to crash. Two years ago we went white water rafting in Idaho Springs. It was early […]
Read More Day 40: White Water Rafting with the StewartsToday we got up ☝at me 6:00 we packed up ☝ camp witch took about a hour. Then we stumbled on are bags. The hike 🚶 was.so much easier today because we were going down hill. When I put pack on it seemed so much hevyer than yesterday. At one point one of my.legs slipped […]
Read More Day 38 and this trip is coming to a end way to fast but I can not wait ✋ to get home 🏠 and see 👀 my nabores and friendsToday we got up☝at 6:30. We woke up ☝ to the delicious smell 👃of French toast, eggs, fruit and bacon. We had breakfast and then Colin was dropped of at camp. The rest of us got ready for white water rafting. We all got there and out on the life jacket and helmets. Then we […]
Read More Day 40 and we went white water rafting and it is national emoji day😝This morning I woke up with out Ellie not right next to me. It was great! We woke up do a delicious homemade breakfast of French toast, eggs, fruit, and bacon. After playing more chutes and ladders Colin was dropped off at camp. At 9:00 we arrived at Clear Creek Rafting. 2 years ago we […]
Read More White Water Rafting with the Stewart’s“Things get so crazy, crazy Don’t rush this baby” – Matchbox 20 Getting up at 6:30 is actually considered sleeping in on road trips, but it was especially hard this morning since I woke up in a comfortable bed. The smell of bacon wafting up from the kitchen helped ease the transition though. After a […]
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