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 ResponsibilityAnd 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 GoWay hey and away we go donkey riding donkey riding, Way hey and away we go riding on a donkey. Great Big Sea Today. Was. Burrofest!!! Who knew that watching burros try to make their way around an obstacle course would become one of the highlights of my summer? When my coteacher and his family […]
Read More Donkey RidingThey’re wild like the lands they ride . . . So throw another log on the fire . . . Take a pull and pass the bottle Samantha Rise Today was Phil’s World day! There is just so much to do here! So many possibilities, so just like all the trails we have yet to […]
Read More Ryegrass RidersWe 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 BallSo much joy and laughter Wait to meet us there Stay close to me sweet hummingbird Tyler Burkum First full day with the fam! It started off quietly, on my own in fact, with a cup of coffee in one hand and a crochet hook in the other. I was sitting on the deck working […]
Read More HummingbirdHave you ever been staring up at the starlight Getting pretty close to midnight Sounds just like the wind singing your name. Drew Holcomb It’s in bars just like the one I’m sitting in now where many of the great songs are written. Jimmy Buffet’s “Incommunicado” or my own “Sitting at a Bar in Leadville”. […]
Read More Feels Like HomeYou don’t know what it means to win Come down and see me again Fleetwood Mac Alright, I admit it, writing every morning didn’t work great either. In my defense though, there hasn’t been a lot to write about. That isn’t to say I haven’t been busy, quite the opposite. It’s just that I haven’t […]
Read More Never Going Back AgainI left my girl, I’m in Mallorca Hate to leave her, call it torture Remember when I couldn’t hold her Justin Bieber Man, time flies sometimes. Apologies once again for my blogging absence the past couple days they’ve been full ones, but here’s the recap! Sunday night after I left off in my last post […]
Read More Peaches“You belong among the wildflowers You belong somewhere close to me Far away from your trouble and worries” Miley Cyrus via Tom Petty. My main goal for my time here is to take care of as many of the chore type tasks as I possible can before the rest of the fam gets here so […]
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