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Ypsilon Lake Snowshoeing

Ypsilon Lake Snowshoeing

Posted on January 18, 2021February 16, 2021 by jim

AllTrails lists the Ypsilon Trail hike as 9.2 miles, 2,496 feet of elevation gain, and a Medium difficulty rating. I concur with the…

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Hiking Chasm Falls

Hiking Chasm Falls

Posted on January 13, 2021January 14, 2021 by jim

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

Climbing Estes Cone

Posted on December 26, 2020January 8, 2021 by jim

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

Rocky Mountain Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2020December 27, 2020 by jim

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

Rocky Mountain Lakes

Posted on December 8, 2020December 31, 2020 by jim

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

Balanced Rock Hike

Posted on December 6, 2020December 17, 2020 by jim

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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Gem Lake Hike

Gem Lake Hike

Posted on November 17, 2020December 9, 2020 by jim

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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Nationalpark Berchetsgaden

Nationalpark Berchetsgaden

Posted on September 5, 2020October 7, 2020 by jim

Long on our list, but not easily accessible – Nationalpark Berchetsgaden. Surrounded by towering mountains on three sides, Lake Konigssee (The King’s Lake)…

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Mount Rainier Class

Mount Rainier Class

Posted on June 13, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Rainier was a big trip for me. Months of grueling preparation. Thousands of dollars of extra gear. Hours and hours spent poring over…

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Windows Arches

Windows Arches

Posted on June 6, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Finally got around to publishing Arches National Park photos on our blog, thought I’d share this one since we didn’t see anything amazing…

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Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch

Posted on May 6, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Another day of enjoying America’s National Parks. Landscape Arch, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

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Tower Arch

Tower Arch

Posted on April 28, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Since we could tell that Tower Arch is 4 miles due east of where we have the RV parked, we didn’t want to…

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Arches National Park

Arches National Park

Posted on April 26, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

If you guessed that Arches National Park was known for well, arches, you might be right. We spent a month just outside of…

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Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

Posted on April 20, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Mesa Verde is a prime example of a National Park being established to protect our heritage, instead of providing a recreational area. With…

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Druid Arch

Druid Arch

Posted on April 15, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

If you’re going to relax, relax in style! Our planned 11 mile hike turned into a little over 18 miles, so it’s a…

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Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park

Posted on April 13, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Canyonlands National Park is broken out into three main sections: The Maze – a seldom-visited backcountry on the western side. Island in the…

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Canyon de Chelly Extras

Canyon de Chelly Extras

Posted on April 3, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Here are some extra photos from our Canyon de Chelly trip that didn’t make the prime-time cut, but are good memories for us.

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Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly

Posted on April 3, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced D’Shay) is entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo Nation. It is the only National Park…

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Petrified

Petrified

Posted on April 2, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

We’ve finally visited over half of the National Parks, 31 down and 30 to go. So many amazing places in this country, and…

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Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Posted on April 1, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

Neither of us had visited Petrified Forest National Park before, despite it’s relatively close proximity to the Grand Canyon. As with the other…

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Organ Pipe National Monument

Organ Pipe National Monument

Posted on February 2, 2019March 25, 2020 by jim

It’s not easy to get to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, but it’s definitely worth the trip! 100 miles southwest of Tucson and…

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