adventure
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Cripple Creek Ice Castles
We had decided we shouldn’t be in a huge hurry to the morning we left, so we walked over to Call Your Mother and grabbed some breakfast. Bagels, yum! We took it back home, ate, took the last few things… Continue reading
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A Summer of Sailing
This was the summer, the summer of 2024, that we learned to sail. We started off taking a class down at Blue Water Sailing School in Ft. Lauderdale (more about that here and here!), and came back to Colorado all fired… Continue reading
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Gravel Rides and Lake Hikes in Salida
Sunday Night Oy. Today was a day and a half at work. It seems it’s gone that way recently… Big eye roll emoji here. We’d packed up most of the stuff before I went to work – at least I’d… Continue reading
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Buffalo Creek Camping Chillout
As I sit here, at camp, on a super still morning, a cup of coffee in my hand, listening to the sounds of the bugs and the birds, I realize I am at peace. It’s such a lovely feeling, this… Continue reading
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Sailing School Ends and the rest of Florida
I’m laying here, on the trampoline at the front of the catamaran, and my only thought is, “it just doesn’t get any better than this.” Today started out fairly early. I made some coffee and hung out outside to watch… Continue reading
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Sailing School Begins
WE LEAVE FOR OUR SAILING CLASS TODAY!!! I slept til almost 7:00 this morning, which was nice… Then coffee, breakfast, and a whole lot of not much. Figuring out what else we needed to pack, how else we could stuff… Continue reading
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We’re Going to Sailing School!
But first, we have a ton of studying to do and a few days in Florida before we embark on our journey… We received our books (FOUR OF THEM) shortly after we registered for our class, and sometime in January,… Continue reading
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White Sands National Park
We left Tucson at a reasonable hour and drove. And drove and drove and drove. We stopped for gas and bathrooms once or twice…. The drive was beautiful. It seemed like every time we went through or over a mountain… Continue reading
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Tucson
We wrapped up our time at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and it was time to head to Tucson. Well, with a slight detour. We wanted to have a look at Lukeville, the border town with Mexico. It was only… Continue reading
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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









