Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“I said, I-I-I-I-I’m not your steppin’ stone” Paul Revere & The Raiders Finally a full on mountain hike! Alright, it wasn’t exactly “a mountain”, but we started low, hiked way up high, had great views of Durango below, AND smelled some pine. It was a damn fine day 18. For you stat lovers it was […]
Read More I’m Not Your Steppin StoneToday 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 DurangoWe first spent time in the Chaco Canyon three years ago. That trip involved plans for a night of camping and a vicious looking storm that scared us away after only a couple of hours. I clearly remember Zak saying he couldn’t wait to spend more time learning about the hub of the region a […]
Read More Day 17: Chaco Culture National Historic ParkToday we woke up in tents at chaco culture. We had cliff bars for breakfast then got in the car to drive to the trailhead for today. We once again were doing a hike that we had tried to do in the past but could not complete last time we had to turn around due […]
Read More Day 17This 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“All we do Crumbles to the ground” Kansas I had high hopes for our trip to Chaco this year, but it turned out that COVID is still keeping some things closed. Chaco Culture NHP is the center of Ancestral Puebloan culture and a place I’d been eager to get back to since our first stop […]
Read More Dust in the Wind“Well I’m accustomed to a smooth ride … I don’t expect to sleep through the night Paul Simon As I write this I am reclining in a camp chair with my feet up on a rock in Chaco Canyon. I’m sipping the last cold water I may get for a couple days. There are rainclouds […]
Read More The Obvious ChildToday 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)I think that the state of Colorado is having a mid-life cristist. I think this because first the state gets like no rain and has some insane drought then when some rain comes the lighting starts almost 20 wildfires in one day. Anyway today there was no alarm set and I got to sleep in […]
Read More Day 16Today was the third annual, but only second, Mancos Burro Fest. It was everything a Burro Fest should be and is enough reason for everyone to visit Mancos the last Saturday of June. Let us know if you want to reserve a room at COhome for next year. The burro obstacle course involved them having […]
Read More Day 16: Burro Fest