Tag: travel
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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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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…
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Playing Hide-and-Seek in San Pedro
We stand and watch as the water taxi glides away. We missed it by mere minutes. Now we must wait an hour-and-a-half for the next taxi. We settle down under a palm tree on the beach and put things into perceptive. An hour-and-a-half sitting on a beach beats an hour-and-a-half in a cubicle any day. …
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Munching in San Pedro
While researching for our Belize trip,I read a lot of blog posts and articles that compared Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye. In the end we chose Caye Caulker because it was quiet, chill, and easily traversed by foot. Still, we wanted to spend at least a little bit of time checking out the island that…
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Cave Tubing in Belize
I see you rolling your eyes. You know who you are. You’re the one saying, “Cave tubing, really? Isn’t that the most touristy thing you can do in Belize?” Yes, yes it is, but this is the Obligatory Blog, so it seems only appropriate to do the obligatory thing you do in Belize. After flying…