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Indian Peaks Sunrise

Posted on July 23, 2021July 29, 2021 by jim

Watching the sun come up as I head up the Arapaho Glacier Trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. A beautiful morning, the pictures…

Lost Lake Revisited

Posted on July 22, 2021July 26, 2021 by jim

It’s been just under 10 years since our last hike up to Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and we decided that…

Pikes Peak via Barr Trail

Posted on July 15, 2021July 23, 2021 by jim

Pikes Peak – another 14er crossed off the list. Since the extended family was coming to Colorado Springs for a camping visit, this…

Flat Top Mountain

Posted on July 9, 2021July 21, 2021 by jim

When you’re a peakbagging fiend, you can’t visit somewhere without climbing the highest thing around. Since we’re currently boondocking in the Flat Tops…

Devils Causeway Loop

Posted on July 7, 2021July 18, 2021 by jim

The Number One hike in the Flat Tops Wilderness area is the Devils Causeway, a 6 mile out-and-back hike to a narrow 4-foot…

Flat Tops Wilderness

Posted on July 6, 2021July 17, 2021 by jim

The Flat Tops Wilderness has been on our master travel planning Google Map for well over five years now, and now we don’t…

North Gap Trail

Posted on July 4, 2021July 13, 2021 by jim

It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten properly hailstormed during a hike, so we were lucky enough to reset that counter. The…

Medicine Bow Peak Loop

Posted on July 3, 2021July 13, 2021 by jim

Part of training for my upcoming Pikes Peak climb is mountains, mountains, mountains – and the Medicine Bow Peak Loop is good practice….

Lookout Lakes

Posted on July 2, 2021July 12, 2021 by jim

Lookout Lakes is the perfect first hike in the Snowy Range! Out of the 30 or so hikes I had dropped into my…

Nash Fork Campground

Posted on July 1, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

While we were researching places to go over the long July Fourth holiday weekend, we wanted to avoid all of the tourist crowds….

Family Fun Finale

Posted on June 22, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

All good things must come to an end – 9 states, 36 days and 4,630 miles later we resurface in the mountains of…

Starved Rock State Park

Posted on June 21, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

Who knew that there were waterfalls in Illinois? We stumbled across Starved Rock State Park while looking for campgrounds close to our family…

Family Fun Time

Posted on June 20, 2021July 1, 2021 by jim

Some fun family time at Beck and Brad’s with most of the kids and grandkids.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Posted on June 14, 2021June 28, 2021 by jim

Since they turned Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore into Indiana Dunes National Park, it moved up our must-do list. Funny that living in Michigan…

More Jeepin

Posted on June 13, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

When you have a Jeep and it’s a sunny day, you have to go Jeepin’!

Visting Justin

Posted on June 12, 2021July 6, 2021 by jim

A beautiful afternoon in Illinois visiting family and playing.

Council Hill Station

Posted on June 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by jim

After visiting with Justin’s family, we decided to head down to Council Hill Station for a beer or two. Little did we know…

Effigy Mounds National Monument

Posted on June 11, 2021June 28, 2021 by jim

Effigy Mounds National Monument was never very high on our list (aka non-existent), but since our rough route took us pretty close to…

Wisconsin Jeepin

Posted on June 11, 2021June 30, 2021 by jim

If you have a Jeep, you must go Jeepin’! A fun time with Steve and Kay, exploring the back roads of their part…

Itasca State Park

Posted on June 2, 2021June 17, 2021 by jim

Making the journey to the headwaters of the Mississippi has been on my list for several years, as Colette had visited as a…

Scenic State Park

Posted on June 1, 2021June 11, 2021 by jim

Classic Northern Minnesota! We decided to take a down day between family stops, and Scenic State Park was nicely situated for a halfway…