Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Our time at Rocky Mountain went by way too quickly. At least when it was time for us to leave we did it in style by travelling through the park on Trail Ridge Road. Driving Hwy 34 through the park truly feels like drive on top of the world with fabulous views throughout the entire […]
Read More Leaving RMNPToday started with a giant misstep. More accurately about 200 vertical feet of missteps, actually. After parking just a bit below the Twin Sisters Trailhead we continued walking up the road and were very quicklky presented with a difficult choice. Over a wooden bridge there was a sign with lots of safety type information, a […]
Read More RMNP IIToday was the day I’d been anticipating the most as I planned this adventure since to me it makes the actual beginning of the fun. We began at the Bear Lake Trailhead and hiked to Nymph, Dream, and Emerald Lakes then back down to Glacier Gorge. Everything went surprisingly smoothly with the elevation and elevation […]
Read More RMNP IWhew! What a day! It started with a quick four hour drive into Rocky Mountain National Park. We found our way to Bear Lake and completed a nice hike to Emerald Lake. I keep telling the girls to write about “small moments” on this blog, but I can’t possibly follow that direction myself. The moments […]
Read More Day 2We made it to Ogallala, Nebraska by 7:30 this evening. Not too shabby. It really was a fine day considering we were in the car for over 12 hours. The girls were unbelievable! It may of been the unlimited screen time or the countless snacks, but I think I’m just going to go with the […]
Read More End of Day 1One of my goals for the trip is to find some cool stops along the way. I can gladly say we’ve found our first one and it’s not even noon! How could we pass the Hoover National Historic Site without making a stop? I remember being incredibly impressed with the knowledge and even more so […]
Read More Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteThis was, by far, or most successful training hike by far. There was as close to zero whining as I think is possible when traveling with a seven, nine, and twenty-two(ish) year old. I had a strong feeling when we began hiking that the mental challenges would exceed the physical ones. Fortunately we’ve been able […]
Read More Starved Rock Training HikeI outlined our route in a post a few weeks ago, but didn’t really fill in any details about our plans along the way. While we have some major highlights of the trip tentatively planned (keep your fingers crossed that some of the snow in RMNP melts before we get there) there are still many […]
Read More Suggestions?Zak provides a rationale for returning to Bryce, and by extension the entire trip.
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