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  • 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
  • Working On TWENTY YEARS!!

    Okay, okay, I say this most years. But this one… I can’t BELIEVE our last anniversary was 19 years and it’ll be TWENTY in 2024. In my head, we’re still those young kids that set out on the adventure of… Continue reading

    Working On TWENTY YEARS!!
  • A Vail’s Summer Day

    SUCH A GREAT DAY!!!!! Kudos to Matt for coming up with the idea!  We headed out a little before 8:00 this morning, after our coffee and some breakfast… An uneventful drive later, we arrived in Vail. Parking is free in… Continue reading

    A Vail’s Summer Day
  • A Midwestern Thanksgiving

    It had been quite a while since we’d been home to Matt’s family for a proper holiday. We were there Thanksgiving 2020, but given the pandemic, nobody got together, so we really hadn’t seen anyone in years. So we gathered… Continue reading

    A Midwestern Thanksgiving
  • A DayTrip to Idaho Springs

    Some days, you just have to get out of the city. We decided to take a day up the hill and explore Idaho Springs a little bit, just about a half hour away. We did our research, got reservations to… Continue reading

    A DayTrip to Idaho Springs