Colorado

September 13-25We love Colorado, but after spending nearly 6 months (what!) in one state, mostly parked in the same spot, the itch to get those wheels moving again was strong.…

September 7 -12Twin Lakes, CO Well, we did it. After nine weeks of sitting still in one place, followed by 14 weeks of sitting still in another place, we are…

May 31 – September 5: up above Idaho Springs As I mentioned in the last post, our Colorado summer was all about hiking. Staying in one place for three months…

May 31 – September 3: Up above Idaho Springs, CO This is summer in the mountains… This is also summer in the mountains… As is this… If I had to…

March 29 – May 31These are strange times indeed. If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that we would spend all of April and May at…

December 8-10 We recently spent 36 hours on a train traveling from Salt Lake City to Chicago and lived to tell the tale. Why a train and why Chicago? Well…why not?…

Sometimes even the most beautiful locations can be clouded by bad memories. You know the kind of bad memories that involve a mama mouse setting up shop inside your RV and…

It should be obvious that when you visit Rocky Mountain National Park at the beginning of June, there will still be snow in the higher elevations. It should also be…

Remember last week when I said we wouldn’t be sticking around Colorado long because we wanted to explore some new places? Well…I lied. Actually, I only half lied. We’re still…

When your friends who live in the Colorado mountains offer up a spot in their driveway, you say yes with much enthusiasm. You know it might be a bit chilly…

I have a bad habit of longing to be wherever I am not. If we’re in the desert I long for the forest, if we’re in the mountains I long for…

One week in Colorado is not enough. With mountains to climb, ski towns to visit, ghost towns to explore, lakes to paddle, and wildflowers to admire, how could one week…

After a glorious 14 weeks, this past Sunday we reluctantly said goodbye to Colorado. This was our second summer spending a significant amount of time in Colorado, and there is…

Tim hiking the dunes/ Home for the week with a dune view/ Sand dunes, mountains & a stream/ Early morning light creeping over the dunes/ A back window dune reflection/…

The Piñon Flats Campground at the Great Sand Dunes might just be the nicest national park campground we’ve ever stayed at. The sites are well spaced, the views are incredible,…