Today was by far the most relaxing day of the trip. My parents had a few meeting today so ellie and I took on Durango alone. We had 2 goals -get iced hot chocolate and -adopt a dog. And I will say we accomplished 1 of them. After an hour of walking around and picking […]

Read More Exploring Durango

This morning as we all emerged from our tents the 100 degree weather hit our exhausted faces. We ate an amazing Father’s day breakfast of clif bars and hit the trail. We started this hike a few years ago but turned around because we saw rain in the distance. This year however us and the […]

Read More Hiking at Chaco Culture

Today was day 16 and in the past day 16s don’t go as planned. One time our car got broken into and the other wr got a flat tire. Neither of which were the end of the world by also neither got ranked high as 5 mountain days. Im a fairly superstitious person but for […]

Read More Burro Fest and Lots of Scary Driving (june 19)

Last night we decided to book a hotel so we luxuriously got to sleep it. After a 30 minute drive that 100% DID NOT involve going up a super steep rock dirt road where we had to go 5 miles per hour and it still felt like a bad roller coaster we got to the […]

Read More Hiking at Mancos State Park

Sorry for not posting for the last few days but we were hanging with friends and we were all exhausted by 10:00. SUNDAY: We went to ABC for breakfast, if you ever go get the veggie frittata because it’s amazing and comes with the best homemade bread and jam. We did a long 7(?) mile […]

Read More The Last 4 Days

Today was a very relaxing not busy day so again there isn’t much to write about. Everyone else woke up late today but I went to bed super early last night because my phone died I was up before 6:45. Finally at 8 everyone else started getting out of bed and starting the day. My […]

Read More Errands and CO home

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 Cortez

Today 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 Dunes

Today we went to Florescent fossil beds NM. I wrongly assumed that we would get to see cool dinosaur fossils or bones or something but no. It was literally insects and leaves. The only cool part was the petrified redwood trees. I can’t explain how that happens so I’ll let someone else do that. After […]

Read More Hiking at florescent fossil beds

Although there was no reenactment of Bents old fort today was a great day. We had to wake up early so my mom could go to her yoga lesson. During that ellie my dad and I played euchre. I had never played euchre before and I still have no idea how to play. I just […]

Read More Hiking at Garden of the Gods