Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“I think the universe is on my side” – Echosmith I’m kind of at a loss about how to write about today. The end was so spectacular that I feel like I should lead with that. Perhaps now that I’ve teased it you’ll stick around until the end. Last night we decided that we would […]
Read More Bright“You can talk to [g]od and listen to the casual reply” – John Denver There can’t be any better place in the world than on top of an alpine mountain. Somehow it took until day 41 for me to get there this year, but the wait was worth it. For several years I’ve been wanting […]
Read More Rocky Mountain HighLast night, for the first time ever, Zak and I shared a tent, while the girls slept in the one right next to us. We were in a Rocky Mountain National Park campground and all felt comfortable with the idea of the girls being on their own. I know they envisioned hours of giggling and […]
Read More Day 41: Mt. IdaTwins Sisters Peak ✔,Deer Mountain ✔,Mt. Washburn ✔,Mt Sherman ✔,Estes Cone ✔,Guadalupe Peak ✔,Coranodo Peak ✔,Mt Bierstadt ✔, Wason Peak ✔,and finally Mt Ida ✔. This morning we got up ☝early and were in freezing cold tents. We packed camp up ☝and got to the trail 👣 head of Mt Ida by 6:00. Mt Ida […]
Read More Day 42 and we have less then a week left and we climbed another mountainđŸ˜‹Finally we summited Mt. Ida. After planning to do it for 2 years we were stopped by rain and snow. It was beautiful you could see the whole park. We saw mountains, cars, and animals. So many animals we saw deer, yellowed bellied marmots, elk, ground squirrels, pikas, and moose. The top was cold and […]
Read More Mt. Ida“Things get so crazy, crazy Don’t rush this baby” – Matchbox 20 Getting up at 6:30 is actually considered sleeping in on road trips, but it was especially hard this morning since I woke up in a comfortable bed. The smell of bacon wafting up from the kitchen helped ease the transition though. After a […]
Read More Push“Head in the clouds” – Alicia Keys For me the first half of today was pretty crummy. I just hung out in the hotel waiting for the girls to get back from their adventure, at least I’m back to healthy though. Go read their posts for all the details about their morning. I was super […]
Read More Girl On Fire“Son of a Bitch” – Nathaniel Ratliff Hands down, today was the hardest hike of the trip so far. We woke up early as usual, maybe even a bit earlier. Molly rejoiced in the fact that there was a Starbucks nearby for a morning latte and I had a cup of coffee. Then we made […]
Read More S.O.B.“Won’t you walk through this world with me . . . Over the mountains and the shining sea.” – Marc Cohn Happy Anniversary, Molly! What a crazy 16 years it’s been. I can’t imagine a better partner in life to take on all the adventures and opportunities we’ve had! We woke up this morning one […]
Read More Walk Through the World“In a little while, I’ll be there” – U2 For the first time in 35 days we got to not only sleep in, but also relax with a cup of coffee. The only plan on the agenda was s visit to Telluride sp we took our time getting ready, finishing yesterday’s blog posts and enjoying […]
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