Caribou Ranch is located between Nederland and the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The 2,151 acres of Caribou Ranch offers a variety of landscapes to explore including wetlands, meadows, streams and forests between 8,300 and 10,000 feet in elevation. The hike itself was short and sweet, with less than 3 miles...
Last night was my final time being able to play poker at the Moose Lodge before my impending departure on August 18th, and it was a hoot. I took the top-spot again… winning another $125 which will pay for a few more regular maintenance items on the van before I...
For the past two years, the oil pressure gauge in Big Blue has been slowly dropping. I’ve been watching it with concern and reading up on probable causes. A few days ago, on our most recent drive, the gauge barely read any pressure at all and the big red warning...
I finally got out to the Brainard Lake area to do some hiking. I’ve been here once in the past, but did not get out of the car. This time around I hiked out to Lake Isabelle, just shy of the Continental Divide. I made sure to arrive early as...
Just North of Ward Colorado is Beaver Reservoir, accessible by a well graded dirt road (turn off Hwy 7 at sign for Boy Scout Camp, County Rd 96). Roughly 1.5 miles down the dirt road is the National Forest Boundary, which extends all the way to the reservoir (but not...
Tomorrow, Monday the 22nd, is my 42nd birthday and to launch a whole new year I have plotted out a short little 120 mile road trip that will bring me past numerous places I have been looking to visit or re-visit: Brainard Lake, Caribou Ranch Open Space, Mudd Lake, Golden...
A couple weeks back I got a neighbor. Normally I wouldn’t think twice about it, but this huge trailer was still here after a week being parked beside me. So, I figured it was a good time to meet the neighbors; Mike and Ginger. Mike is a fellow Moose and...
Oh how I love to sell things! I finally got Imelda to agree to sell off a bunch of the excess things the three of us had accumulated over the last 5 years. Even me, with my minimalist lifestyle, had more than a few things to contribute to the sale....
It didn’t take much for Conor to convince me to head out for a hike, and since I always neglect the National Park, it didn’t take much more for him to convince me of the trail leading up to Mills Lake. Sadly, even after an entire night’s worth of planning...
