Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
We 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 GenevaI’d first like to point out that I am doing (at least in my own opinion) quite well at blogging. Take note girls! Saturday was the Dolores River Festival and, just as there were last year, some great bands were in the lineup. When I was here in March I got to see Birds of […]
Read More Dolores River Festival, Sunday, and Wrapping Up ProjectsIt’s been a busy couple days in Mancos. Mostly I’ve been working around the house. The ladders and railings for the bunks are nearly finished. Unfortunately, I failed to take into account how thick the fittings for the pipe I’m building with were so I had to order a few replacement pieces that I have […]
Read More Projects and Dolores River Fest VolunteeringI hope anyone following the blog took my promise to “make a noble effort” at blogging at face value and didn’t get their hopes for daily posts up too much. It’s been a busy three days since I got here so I’ll hit the highlights and cut out the fluff of filling up on gas […]
Read More It’s Good to be Home in MancosFor the first 12 hours of today I drove from Omaha to Salida. I stopped for gas three times. I tried to stop at Starbucks, but the line was crazy long so I didn’t even park the car. I did finish HHGTTG and listened to some music and news. It worked out that I was […]
Read More Salida, COAll the Knotts are going to make a noble effort at blogging the summer of ’23 and I’m kicking it off tonight. It’s going to be a different summer than many of the past years. To start, there is no road trip. From now ’til mid-July we’ll be Mancos based. The second half of summer […]
Read More Summer 23We made it to the last day! For my blog today I wrote an update in the car every hour Hour 1-8:00 I finished my breakfast that we got from the hotel. I have been listening to the wicked soundtrack and playing games. Starting to get bored. 10 hours and 25 minutes left! Phone battery-90% […]
Read More 🏡🚗💺 yesterdayHeyyyyyyy. So I am very aware that it has been a long time since I have written. But rest assured we have been busy. And although it might seem like we just left. The summer is over and we are on are way home. I CAN NOT WAIT TO BE HOME!!! I could not tell […]
Read More 🚗🥪🎭So I know it has been a long time since I posted but that is because we had our family 2ith us for 10 days and we were going to bed at like 11 every night so it was just not optimal for writing blog posts. Anyway rhis morning I woke up at 7 because […]
Read More 🚶♀️🍨🧀There 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 Torreys