Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Today we got to sleep in which was amazing especially because I just found out we have to get up at 6 tommorow. We got breakfast at the hotel then drove to the property where we checked in on the tents and progress. We then drove to drango and had lunch at a park. Our […]
Read More Day 22We spent a lot of time debating about canceling our backpacking reservations at Canyonlands over the past couple of weeks. When we were here with the Otts, highs were in the hundred and teens. We knew we couldn’t hike and then camp in temps like that. But, when we looked at the weather a few […]
Read More Day 24: CanyonlandsToday started with another great sleep in and continued with holiday inn breakfast. We then headed up to the hotel room and packed up. We took our time as we were really in no rush today and after one final sweep through of the room we headed down to the car where we drove to […]
Read More Day 24This morning when I woke up from a terrible night sleep I had no idea what we were getting into today. I didn’t know I wouldn’t be able to feel my legs or I would have to leap over trees on the side of a mountain thousands of feet in the air When we first […]
Read More Eagle PeakI have so much to say about today, but don’t think I have the creative energy to write much tonight. I’ll do my best, but bear with me. We woke up early at COhome and hit the road to the Johnny Bull Trailhead north of Dolores. I knew we were ready for a longer hike, […]
Read More Day 23: Eagle Peak“give us those nice bright colors Give us the greens of summers” Paul Simon At some point in the last couple days of not doing much hiking, we decided that we were ready for a big hike. We also stumbled upon the perfect mountain playground just north of Dolores. I was actually warned by my […]
Read More KodachromeI have loved every moment of the building a house process. From the get go, we’ve worked with the most competent, creative people at Kogan/Asher Custom Builders. (The company was sold mid-process and not a beat was skipped from our perspective.) We’re in the final weeks of the process and it’s time for us to […]
Read More Day 22: COhome (vi)“Where the haircuts smile” The Housemartins Today was another day that we didn’t do much, and yet the family rated it a four mountain day. It started off slowly at the HIE Cortez. I woke up at 6:30 and promptly started two loads of laundry. Then I got myself a cup of coffee from the […]
Read More Happy Hour“I can feel it comin’ back again Like a rollin’ thunder chasing the wind Forces pullin’ from the center of the earth again” Live I drew the short straw tonight. More accurately I drew the number 4 for shower order, which after two days without we were all in desperate need of. On a positive […]
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