We were lucky that our campsite this year was extremely close to the trailhead for Shelf Lake. Once we had set up a few of the essentials at camp, we set out on our hike. It was an absolutely perfect day, and it didn't seem like the trail was too busy. Parking at the trailhead …
Although we were able to procure most of the necessary camping gear last year, we only ended up going camping one time, mainly due to the lack of sleeping bags. We knew that any camping trip this year was going to require this investment, in order to keep us warm throughout the night. We spent …
My goal for the hike this weekend was to really test myself, not only physically, but also mentally, as I prepared for my 2019 14er. To accomplish this goal, I knew I needed to get into elevation and I needed a fairly steep climb. I chose the hike to Old Baldy, for two main reasons. …
Coming to Colorado, one of the things that Carly and I were looking forward to was the plethora of incredible camping that was within a couple hours of us. With wedding planning last year, we weren’t able to get out at all, and to make things more difficult, we didn’t even really have camping gear. …
Since we returned from the excitement of our honeymoon, we've been taking it pretty easy and trying to spend our time relaxing on the weekends. That doesn't mean that we haven't been on any adventures though! One beautiful Sunday afternoon this October, it was warmer than usual, and we really wanted to get outside and …
Friday, September 15th Friday morning we woke up after an amazing night with our friends, and it was time for our welcome picnic. Carly, my mom, Aunt Robin, Matt, Heather and I set up an assembly line in the kitchen to make the sandwiches for everyone. It didn't take long before I didn't have a …
The week that we had been planning for months, and had been dreaming about for just as long, was finally here. We felt like we had everything ready to go for the best week of our lives, our wedding week. Carly and I drove up the morning of the 13th with our cars packed with …
The plan for the weekend was to hang around the house and tackle a lot of our wedding planning that has been neglected, but waking up Sunday, Carly and I decided that we needed to do something fun. Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to receive a season pass, with guest pass included, to …
Earlier in the week, Carly and I had discussed another "training" hike for a fourteener, like our Carpenter's Peak hike back on the Fourth of July, but as I was looking for a good one, Carly said "why don't we just do the fourteener?" I was a bit surprised because she's been the one that …
We decided almost as soon as we moved here that we needed to do the same hike to Saint Mary's glacier on the anniversary of our engagement, so today had definitely been in the works for months. Just a couple of weeks ago we even made a new addition to our hiking repertoire in anticipation …
