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Penitente Canyon
We went camping with some friends at Penitente Canyon on the suggestion of one of them. The idea was to go somewhere with no cell service, where we could actually disconnect from the world and enjoy the little things for… 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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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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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
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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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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
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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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Lake Pueblo Camping
The bike shop is closed on Easter Sunday. When I realized that (again – somehow I forget EVERY year!), I asked Matt to take an afternoon off so we could go somewhere different. We wanted to go somewhere new, but… Continue reading
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In Search of Fall…
Every year, there’s that weird time after summer ends but before winter hits for real (and the holidays start) that we’re never quite sure what to do with. The weather can be cold or hot, rainy, snowy, or blindingly sunny.… Continue reading
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The Land….
“The land in Colorado…” I’ve been hearing about it for as long as I can remember. It always seemed like some far-off dreamland when I was a kid. Somewhere exotic, unattainable. Somewhere so far away I would never see it.… Continue reading
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