Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Today started with yet another god awful shower except this time I was not able to figure out how to make the water hot so it was ice cold. After HIE breakfast we drove to the property Zoe and I spent most of the time inside playing go fish due to the fact the whole […]
Read More Day 9“All day long they work so hard Til the sun’s comin’ down” Otis Redding Before I get into today’s update I want to backtrack a bit to mention how great our dinners have been the last few nights. I’ve always been a big beliver in having dinner together as a family whenever we possibly can. […]
Read More Chain GangToday was a business-y day. We broke ground in October on COhome. Since then we all drove out over New Years, Zak came out in January for the important electric walk, the girls and I flew out for our spring break, and Zak drove out the week after. I know it sounds like a lot […]
Read More Day 8: COhome (i)Today was one of the most relaxing of the trip. I woke up at 7 which is the best I’ve ever slept in a tent. After a little bit we headed to the car to make coffee and get cleaned up. It was a pretty relaxing morning I had some applesauce and then ellie and […]
Read More COhome and CortezThe past few days have a been long and/or hard hikes but, today was not like that. We woke at at about 7 in tents. Personally this is not my favorite way to wake we up mostly because you feel gross. Nonetheless I was got up and started the day with a ten minute walk […]
Read More Day 8“We can’t wait for June We’ll all be gone for the summer We’re on surfari to stay Tell the teacher we’re surfin’ Surfin’ USA” The Beach Boys Yesterday was the first day of the trip that I got to the end of, remembered that I hadn’t written yet, and went to bed anyway. Since we […]
Read More Surfin’ USAToday was definitely not what I expected it to be. The original plan was to backpack at Great Sand Dunes NP. We woke up at 6:30 and honestly I can’t remember much of this morning besides losing my mascara. I still have no idea how and it literally never left the bathroom. Good thing I […]
Read More Hiking at Sand DunesOur original plan was our first backpacking night of the trip at Great Sand Dunes National Park. I’ve been really looking forward to backpacking and started reading some backpacking accounts on Reddit to get hyped up even more. That was a mistake. All the posts clearly outlined the difficulty, the extreme level of misery, and […]
Read More Day 7: Great Sand Dunes to MancosClose your eyes and imagine your climbing a mountain pretty hard, Right? Now imagine that instead of walking on diet and rocks your walking on sand. Yeah that’s what we did today. The day started like any other with sleeping in and holiday day inn breakfast we ate in the car today because we had […]
Read More Day 7I’ve done a few lessons on fossil beds with my students and have fond memories of Dinosaur National Monument. I had no idea what to expect here and was slightly disappointed that Zak said there would only be fossils of small plants and insects. He mentioned petrified wood, but we’ve had a wonderful time at […]
Read More Day 6: Florissant Fossil Beds