Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Day two on the trail! There is so much to say, but I don’t know if there are words to describe the agony, the joy, the pain, the rewards. I’ll do my best. In the past two days we’ve hiked 25.58 miles and climbed 8,430 feet. According to my app, which has been a bit […]
Read More Day 5: La Contamines to Les ChapieuxFinally. We are on the TMB. We have spent years thinking about this day and over a year actually planning the details. We are here. On the TMB. We woke up at 6:00 to catch the 7:01 bus from the hotel to the official starting point of the TMB, where we snapped many pictures (of […]
Read More Day 4: Les Houches to Les ContaminesOur original plan had us getting to Europe today and starting the hike tomorrow. I’m so glad we’ve had these days to enjoy this corner of the Alps. I am going to embrace Ellie’s idea of turning this into a food blog, at least until we start the hike. (Did you read her last post?? […]
Read More Day 4: Chamonix to Les HouchesI have two goals for this trip. 1. Make all the memories as a family, knowing our big summer trips might be coming to an end before too long. 2. Eat and drink all the local delicacies. Check and check. I almost feel like we could go home now. Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at […]
Read More Day 3: ChamonixWe have commenced THE adventure of our lifetime. In 2017, Zak and I set a goal to hike Tour du Mont Blanc in the summer of 2023. Our thinking was that it would be the last summer before Zoe begins her post high school plans and it would be the perfect graduation gift for both […]
Read More Day 1 and 2: Chicago to GenevaThere are 56 14ers in Colorado and I have had an ambitious goal for some time know. I want to summit all of the ones that are hikable without climbing gear. Today I got two summits closer, completely numbers 5 and 6 for me. Bierstadt, Sherman, Elbert, Massive, Greys, and Torreys. Greys are Torreys are […]
Read More Greys and TorreysToday there was redemption. Seven years ago, when the girls were 9 and 7, we climbed our first mountain ever. Twins Sisters in Rocky Mountain NP. Zak had suggested it and I remember cussing him out under my breath the whole hike up. This silly climbing a mountain thing was his idea, his dream, and […]
Read More Twin SistersThree days, two nights, 28 miles, 6000 feet of gain. What an adventure. Parts were terrifying, parts were so exhausting, parts were depressing, but most of all, it was exhilarating. We took off from Grand Lake at about 10:30 on Friday morning. The first seven miles had a gradual incline. This was perfect, as it […]
Read More Rocky Mountain: North Inlet/Tonahutu Creek LoopZak and I started our 20th(!) anniversary with a ride at Boggy Draw. The network of trails is immense and I don’t think we’ll be repeating sections for a long time. The ride was crazy! It started with gentle ups and downs through beautiful terrain. The tall pines would turn to sagebrush and then back […]
Read More Boggy DrawI stumbled out of our room ten minutes after the 6 o’clock alarm to start the coffee and saw Zoe sitting in the couch, ready to start the day. I have no idea why she woke so early or how she got ready so quickly, she she was the first of us ready for today’s […]
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