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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scenic State Park
Classic Northern Minnesota! We decided to take a down day between family stops, and Scenic State Park was nicely situated for a halfway…
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Palisades State Park
Palisades State Park is another hidden gem in the Great Plains states. Tucked away in the southeast corner of South Dakota, it is…
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Toadstool Geologic Park
Another cool little find, and definitely way, way off the beaten path. Toadstool Geologic Park and Campground is in northwestern Nebraska, in the…
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Carhenge Nebraska
One of the beauties of skipping miles and miles of concrete superslab is seeing oddball bits of Americana that you’d never even know…
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
As we were looking at the dreaded Great Plains states looming wide and desolate between us and our family we’re headed to visit…
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Eastbound Driving
Lots of little stops that don’t warrant their own photo album. Chimney Rock, Nebraska – one of the most documented waypoints on the…
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Mountain Weather
We love to poke fun at anyone who says “If you don’t like the weather here, just wait a few minutes” since everybody…
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R-Pod Road Trip
We’ve talked about a Sprinter van or some other small camper for quite a while. Since we’ve lived in two RVs already, we…
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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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