What Made Us Decide to Go to Vegas? When Carly first brought up the idea of going to Vegas for the first time, it was before the pandemic, and I have to be honest that my instinct was that I didn’t really want to go. It always seemed way too expensive for what you were […]
Our First Time in Vegas 2021 – How to Arrive in Style! Read More »
Inspiration and Getting There It’s hard to believe it’s already July and the last time I went hiking was with microspikes in the snow. Even harder to believe is that it has been almost two months since I bought some new hiking boots that have yet to see the trail! I was beyond due to
The Most Columbines I’ve Ever Seen! Herman Gulch Trail Read More »
What Spurred the Journey to Lake of the Ozarks? Over the years, we’ve keep in really good touch with Carly’s neighbors from her childhood home, Steve and Aimee, and one of our favorite things to do when we lived in Oklahoma was to visit them at the lake. Then, we would only make the short
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Setting the Stage After taking the microspikes out for the first time, I’ve been dying to get back up to the mountains to use them again, as there’s just something so peaceful and magical about winter hiking, but the rigors of busy season as an accountant have left me feeling unmotivated to do much on
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When my brother came and we hiked the Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park a couple of years ago, it was Carly and I’s first foray into winter hiking. We rented snowshoes, and quickly realized that you need quite a bit of snow before they become really necessary – we would’ve been fine
Chief Mountain Trail – First Time With Microspikes! Read More »
My birthday was a little bit odd this year. To start off with, I turned 31 – quite literally two odd numbers – something that hasn’t happened since I turned 19! What made it even more of a strange birthday, though, was my birthday was on a Monday – do you celebrate on Saturday, Sunday,
Fall Foliage and Mountains for my Birthday Weekend 2020! Read More »
I attempted to summit Old Baldy in early July last year, not realizing at those elevations that snow would be such an issue. I trudged through hip deep snow for a while before deciding that I just wasn’t going to make it. Ever since then, I’ve been wondering about what was beyond the snow and
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Getting to the Booth Lake Trail near Vail, Colorado Some people might say that waking up at 4am on a Saturday morning to go hiking is crazy. I say it’s the only way to experience the best of some of the more popular trails in Colorado. This is especially true when you get into the
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My hike Sunday and this post are dedicated to my Grandma Branch that passed away on Friday. When I was little, I used to write one or two page stories for her to read, and almost every time I talked to her growing up, she would bring them up and how much she enjoyed them.
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Driving to Berthoud Pass Waking up early and heading to the mountains for a morning hike has been my escape of choice over the last couple of months. There’s something about breathing the cool mountain air and getting some exercise that brings about a feeling of freedom and accomplishment to my weekends. I think that’s
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