Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
We could climb another mountain, or just drink another beer. Clyde Sparklehoof It’s already July 10th and somehow it took us until today to summit our first mountain of the year. It was a good one though, Centennial Peak, our first summit in the La Platas (finally!). We’d hiked from the Sharkstooth trail head before […]
Read More Forget Responsibilitythere are two paths you can go by Led Zeppelin It turns out Moab is just a day trip from Mancos. The girls did it on spring break last year, but doing it today made it seem much more realistic. I thought we’d be home late, but we made it back in the late afternoon […]
Read More Stairway to HeavenAnd I’ve waited for her for so long I’ve waited for her for so long I’ve wondered if I could hang on I’ve wondered if I could hang on, yeah CAKE I didn’t expect to be in Mancos tonight, but here I am. We started the morning early, a 5:30 AM alarm woke us up. […]
Read More Let Me GoIt’s like trying to catch a falling star The Heights Phew, what a day! We woke up at Bryce Canyon, loaded up Fred and were on the road before 8 this morning. The destination was Zion NP. The two hour drive was relatively easy except for my credit card being locked in a gas pump […]
Read More How Do You Talk To An AngelWe clawed, we chained. . . We jumped. . . I never hit so hard. . . I just walked away. . . came in like a wrecking ball. Miley Cyrus Today felt a whole lot like a road trip way in some ways. Primarilly because we did our first hike of the summer! Our […]
Read More Wrecking BallI will walk with my shadow flag Into your garden, garden, oh Pearl Jam It’s day 5 and we hit our first legit hike of the trip! I tried to plan things to ease us all into hiking a bit. There’s no good way to train for the type of hiking we do out here […]
Read More GardenThese are the days you might fill with laughter until you break These days you might feel a shaft of light Make its way across your faceAnd when you do you’ll know how it was meant to beSee the signs and know their meaningIt’s trueYou’ll know how it was meant to beHear the signs and know they’re […]
Read More These Are Days“She’s touring the facilities” – Cake We completed our tour of Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas today! I’m the last person to write today, so I’ve already read what the girls have written and I think I need to clarify my attitude toward today’s hike. As I’ve written all along my biggest concern […]
Read More Short Skirt / Long JacketAs the alarm went off at 5:15 this morning I knew pretty much immediately that our Estes Cone hiking plans weren’t going to work out. The sky was overcast and the radar showed what we all knew was coming, a day full of rain. Luckily we had a backup plan so after laying around for […]
Read More Can’t Stop the Feeling!Today we toured the “quieter side” of Mesa Verde. Our first hike was a tour of Mug House. Each year the park designates a few of the 900+ alcove sites for a special tour. This helps to preserve them by limiting the number of people who enter them. This year it was Mug House’s turn. […]
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