South Arapaho Peak
We decided last-minute to get away for the weekend, and the Arapaho Peaks in the Indian Peak Wilderness "peaked" my interest. 3 13ers…
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Indian Peaks Sunrise
Watching the sun come up as I head up the Arapaho Glacier Trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. A beautiful morning, the pictures…
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Lost Lake Revisited
It’s been just under 10 years since our last hike up to Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and we decided that…
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Pikes Peak via Barr Trail
Pikes Peak – another 14er crossed off the list. Since the extended family was coming to Colorado Springs for a camping visit, this…
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Flat Top Mountain
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…
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Devils Causeway Loop
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…
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Flat Tops Wilderness
The Flat Tops Wilderness has been on our master travel planning Google Map for well over five years now, and now we don’t…
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North Gap Trail
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…
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Medicine Bow Peak Loop
Part of training for my upcoming Pikes Peak climb is mountains, mountains, mountains – and the Medicine Bow Peak Loop is good practice….
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Lookout Lakes
Lookout Lakes is the perfect first hike in the Snowy Range! Out of the 30 or so hikes I had dropped into my…
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Nash Fork Campground
While we were researching places to go over the long July Fourth holiday weekend, we wanted to avoid all of the tourist crowds….
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Family Fun Finale
All good things must come to an end – 9 states, 36 days and 4,630 miles later we resurface in the mountains of…
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Starved Rock State Park
Who knew that there were waterfalls in Illinois? We stumbled across Starved Rock State Park while looking for campgrounds close to our family…
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Family Fun Time
Some fun family time at Beck and Brad’s with most of the kids and grandkids.
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Indiana Dunes National Park
Since they turned Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore into Indiana Dunes National Park, it moved up our must-do list. Funny that living in Michigan…
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More Jeepin
When you have a Jeep and it’s a sunny day, you have to go Jeepin’!
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Visting Justin
A beautiful afternoon in Illinois visiting family and playing.
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Council Hill Station
After visiting with Justin’s family, we decided to head down to Council Hill Station for a beer or two. Little did we know…
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Wisconsin Jeepin
If you have a Jeep, you must go Jeepin’! A fun time with Steve and Kay, exploring the back roads of their part…
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument was never very high on our list (aka non-existent), but since our rough route took us pretty close to…
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Itasca State Park
Making the journey to the headwaters of the Mississippi has been on my list for several years, as Colette had visited as a…
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