outdoors
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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