Tag: colorado
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Hiking at Chautauqua Park
I already wrote a previous post about how this ended up being an important, significant, hike. A life altering hike in fact, so I won’t go into all of that again. Since our last meal was sometime late afternoon the previous evening, we knew we needed some fuel before hiking. We saw a Starbucks, and…
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Our Flash Flood at Red Rocks Story
I sat in the car with the smug satisfaction of being a rule follower. I was still dry. Huge rain droplets smacked down on our rental car’s windshield with a thunk-thunk-thunk. Those who were not rule followers now desperately tried to make it to their cars amid the pounding rain. Several minutes earlier- We had…
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Mt. Evans Summit-Colorado
Important advice, even if it is in the mid-80s at the bottom, at the summit of the highest paved road in North America, it is going to be chilly. There may be snow at the top, even in summer. Be prepared. We were prepared. We wore pants and hiking boots. We had extra layers, including…
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Driving Mt. Evans-Colorado
We were looking for something to do during the day that was in reasonable driving distance to the Red Rocks Amphitheater. When we saw that Mt. Evans, the highest paved road in North America fit our criteria, we knew we had to check it out. The drive to, and up the mountain, elicited many oohhs…
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We Eat A Lot of Colorado Ice Cream
There are a lot of Colorado Ice Cream places to choose from and not a lot of time. I wish we could try them all, but we do manage to fit in three in four days, so a worthy attempt. Em’s Ice Cream Em’s Ice Cream is a small batch, organic, ice cream cart. They…
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Coors Field-Colorado
In our ongoing pursuit to visit as many baseball stadiums as possible, we were excited to be able to fit a visit to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, into our itinerary. Helpful Tip- It’s always worth giving StubHub a look. We got tickets for seats in the Wells Fargo Club for just a…
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How Travel Most Likely Saved My Life
It starts in Belize. In order to get to the first zipline platform, we have to hike up a hill, and then climb a long, steep, set of stairs. Part of the way up the steps, I feel like I can’t breathe. I’ve been exercising every day, how can I be this out of shape, I…