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  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Sedona was amazing. We were sad to leave, but ready to move on to our next destination. We woke up at the Hilltop Inn… Damn, that bed was comfortable! Wish I’d slept a little better, but it is what it… Continue reading

    Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  • Prescott, Jerome, and more Hiking in Sedona

    After hiking and scrambling and hiking and scrambling for days on end, we had slightly different plans for today. I got up and had coffee, as per usual, and when Matt got up we made pancakes for breakfast. Yum! We… Continue reading

    Prescott, Jerome, and more Hiking in Sedona
  • Sedona – Cathedral Rock, Devil’s Bridge and Hangover Trail

    We weren’t in a hurry to get out and head for Sedona this morning, but we were still up and about at a decent hour. We had some coffee in the room and decided to go to the greasy spoon… Continue reading

    Sedona – Cathedral Rock, Devil’s Bridge and Hangover Trail
  • Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon

    The morning after the race, we got to sit and drink good coffee that Kris brought and chat and rehash with Renee. We packed and cleaned everything up and headed out by about 10:00 am. Kris and Renee had a hellish… Continue reading

    Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon
  • More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!

    After the almost-running-out-of-gas fiasco, we went back to the hostel and chilled out for a bit in our room, then found a 1.6 mile hike that was 8 minutes away. What the hell, we went for it.  Such a cool… Continue reading

    More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!
  • Road Trippin’ the Southwest – Moab Part 1

    After walking back up and down the steps into our building from the 8,038,263,910th trip to the car and loading our stuff, we hit the road. We managed to leave exactly when I wanted to – we had reservations at… Continue reading

    Road Trippin’ the Southwest – Moab Part 1
  • The Kokopelli Trail

    We left on a Saturday and picked up Kris about 10:15, only 15 minutes after what we said we would! Kind of amazing actually.  We hit the road and drove for a few hours, and stopped to have lunch. Thanks… Continue reading

    The Kokopelli Trail
  • Hiking Heart Lake

    We headed up to the hills to do something different – my friends had been to Heart Lake a few weeks before and they told me that it was amazing up there. The hike isn’t short, but at least there’s… Continue reading

    Hiking Heart Lake
  • The Twenty Years List

    Here’s the infamous latest list. We’ve gotten some things done already, started a few others that are going to take a bit, and changed a few. If you have any suggestions and/or recommendations, please comment below! We’re doing this shit… Continue reading

  • State Forest State Park

    Day 1: We got up at a reasonable hour and had some coffee and breakfast. We finished packing up the car and headed out.  We got to Winter Park in what felt tlike record time and turned off US 40.… Continue reading

    State Forest State Park