Hiking Chasm Falls
With permission to play hooky on a Wednesday, we loaded up spikes and snowshoes and headed to the Park. Surprisingly enough, despite the…
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Climbing Estes Cone
Making use of yet another day of reduced crowds in Rocky Mountain National Park. Normally the Longs Peak trailhead parking lot is completely…
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Rocky Mountain Christmas
Since we love nontraditional holidays – why not a hike in the Park? We figured that crowds would be low, so we would…
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Rocky Mountain Lakes
Off-season means low crowds, might as well bang out some of the hikes you just can’t get to in the summer without hordes…
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Balanced Rock Hike
Although we’ve already done the first section of the Cow Creek Trail, we haven’t done the circuit up to Balanced Rock. While the…
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Shelby’s Turkey Recipe
Cute, smart AND clever! Shelby came up with this creative TurkeyDay recipe, starring none other than their cuddly hairless litte Sphynx. Enjoy!
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Gem Lake Hike
The very nice thing about Rocky Mountain National Park being mostly closed – fewer tourists! Slowly as bits of the Park have reopened,…
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Bridal Veil Falls
A sad third-order effect of the massive Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires has been the closure of most of Rocky Mountain National…
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Mountain Lions
It’s something to be sitting inside the house and watch three huge mountain lions walk up the driveway, across the back patio right…
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Settling In
It’s been a long road getting here, but we’re finally settling in. The almighty internet says that the distance between Stuttgart and our…
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Cameron Peak Fire
Fire is like radiation or gossip. It can be used for good, it can be used for bad, but no matter what –…
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Bis Spater Stuttgart
Das ist nicht auf wiedersehen, das ist bis spater! Counting down the last days here in Stuttgart with Colette already gone and nothing…
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Oberstaufen Cows
When you’re in Bavaria, you simply must take cow photos! Why? Because they’re there! And they’re very photogenic. And they’re curious. And the…
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Einodsbach Bavaria
Einodsbach is listed as "the charming little village at the end of the road", so of course we had to go there! A…
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Breitachklamm Gorge
Another Oberstdorf must-do is hiking up the Breitachklamm. A deep gorge that starts flat enough, and quickly becomes tall and narrow. With the…
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Feldhorn Peak
Going up the Feldhorn is something all visitors do. The top of the mountain is the dividing line between Germany and Austria, and…
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Oberstdorf Germany
Big enough to have a train station, but still small enough to have old-world Bavarian charm! Nestled among towering peaks, you can choose…
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Lake Ammersee Germany
Our weekend focused around Lake Ammersee, and with good reason. Train to Augsburg Thursday evening, followed by a train to Landsberg am Lech…
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Herrsching and Andechs Germany
We picked Herrsching to round out our Ammersee weekend for one big reason – the Andechs Monastery biergarten! There are few attractions in…
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Landsberg am Lech Germany
We put Landsberg am Lech on our map strictly because it was a small town between Augsburg and Fussen. And we’re so glad…
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Schloss Favorite
One of the famous landmarks in Ludwigsburg, just north of our place in Stuttgart. The beautiful lush park grounds don’t compensate for the…
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