Category: By State

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North Fork Trail hike

Conor, Moose, and myself spent our Sunday hiking in the National Forest on the North Fork Trail. Conor and I have hiked hereĀ  in the past, but the trail was mostly wiped out during the 2013 floods. Conor heard it had reopened so we set out to explore the meadow...

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Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park has been on my todo list for some years now, yet because of it’s proximity it all too often got pushed to the “next week” list, but this weekend I can finally add this notch to my belt. Honestly, for the life of me I...

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Brainard Lake – Blue Lake hike

Friday, midnight, Moose and I are packed into the van and driving West, up the Rocky Mountains. Our destination was only to get to Ward, Colorado were we parked the van and called it a night. At 6:30 in the morning coffee was brewing and we were only a short...

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Manday

It was not a tough choice; sit around all day or get out and do something. Moose agreed that we needed to get out and about so we headed out for a “Man” day. It was a simple plan; drive the van (which has gone long neglected these recent months)...

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Great Sand Dunes National Park

The Great Sand Dunes National Park has eluded me for years. I have attempted to visit it three times, and even though it resides in the same states as I have for these past years I have failed to make it each of those attempts. This year Imelda, Timmy, Moose,...

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West Magnolia – Aspen Alley hike

Moose and I took the short 3 mile hike from our camp, up the Aspen Alley trail which then connects to the Whoop-Di-Do trail leading us back to Big Blue waiting in the shade of the pine. The Aspen Alley part of the trail really lived up to it’s name....

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West Magnolia Campground

Just outside of Nederland, Colorado is West Magnolia Campground in the National Forest. I had never been here before, only just spotting it on the map the week before, so it became the target of my weekend out of the city. An early Friday morning drive up was to secure...

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Mud Lake

Not far out of Nederland, CO is the Caribou Ranch trail system. Tim, Moose, and myself jumped in the car to take the 1-hour drive. Tim needs to time behind the wheel of a stick-shift and if you live in Colorado, practice on mountainous roads is wise. However, upon arrival...

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Kinetic Sculpture Race

I played hooky from work today and went across town to Union Reservoir where the 35th annual Kinetic Sculpture Race was happening. What is a Kinetic Sculpture Race? “Teams build human powered vehicles that must complete a course that goes over land, water, and various other obstacles (both intended and...

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Home on the Grange

This weekend was the annual Home on the Grange event, only a few miles outside of Longmont. The event was showcasing some vintage trailers, and since I got a thing for ’em, I set out with my camera…