Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“I found myself on the continental divide Tell me where do I go from here Think I’ll ride into Leadville and have a few beers” Jimmy Buffett Rest day in Leadville. It’s a much better town than most of the touristy towns up here. It seems like somehow it’s managed to actually hold onto some […]
Read More IncommunicadoAfter you study that map you may say to yourself “Woah, that’s steep!?” or “are you going to fall off” or “are they insane”. The answers are Yes, Likely, and definitely. With that being said we woke up at 5am with a temperature of 37 degrees. THIRTY SEVEN‼️ I slept in 2 pairs of socks, […]
Read More Hiking Mt elbertFive years ago we attempted to summit Mt. Elbert. We couldn’t. (Blog post from that day.) Today, five years later, we did. We woke up at 5 with chattering teeth and frozen toes. We had slept in our hiking clothes with the hope of saving as much time as possible in the morning. We quickly […]
Read More Day 42: Mount Elbert“The higher you climb, The more that you see.” Dan Fogelberg Today we climbed very, very high. All the way to the second highest point in the continental US, the summit of Mt. Elbert. Only Mt. Whitney in California is higher. This was also our second state highpoint of the week. AND a hike that’s […]
Read More The Higher You ClimbToday was a very food focused day so other than going grocery shopping and eating pizza all we did was drive 5 hours. So the rest of the post will be about the food because obviously 9:00: We all shared a chocolate croissant for bastille day. It was super buttery and delicious. My quadrant didn’t […]
Read More Driving to LeadvilleWe’re at the end of two consecutive rest days, days that were needed after four backpacking days and with what the next few days will present. Yesterday was our anniversary and we spent the day wondering Santa Fe, hanging out poolside, sipping margaritas, and going on a date night to a renowned New Mexican restaurant. […]
Read More Day 40 and 41: Santa Fe and LeadvilleIt is 7:30 I am sitting in a tent with my dad listening to music writing my blog and mentally preparing myself for tommorow. This morning we woke up in Santa Fe and honestly it was a pretty boring day overall. When I woke up I heard chaos in my parents room and walked though […]
Read More Day 41“I wore my boots out walkin’ Poured my heart out talkin’” Railroad Earth Yes, I missed another day of blogging yesterday, but this time I have a really good excuse. Yesterday was Molly and my 19th anniversary and I wanted to spend every minute I could with her. I can’t believe how lucky I am […]
Read More Long Way to GoA few days ago I located where in Santa Fe I would get my alfredo from. They only had penne alfredo which would be just as amazing. I sent my dad the address and found out it was only a few blocks from the hotel, it was pretty cheap and they had pizza for ellie […]
Read More I GOT FETTUCCINE ALFREDO!!This morning my dad came up to my mom and my tent and said coffee ready this did not apply to me so I watched my mom pack up her stuff then get out of the te t. I for one was not done with the whole sleeping thing yet do I dozed back off […]
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