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After Crested Butte, we went to Breckenridge, where we went on one bike ride and summited four 14ers ranging from the ninth tallest in the lower 48 to the 28th tallest in Colorado:Quandary Peak (Hike and 2nd 14er)Bike Ride at Keystone ResortMt. Democrat, Lincoln, & Bross - DeCaLiBron (Hike and 3rd...

After Durango we went to Crested Butte. While we were here, we did three hikes and two bike rides in the area, my first two bike rides in almost two months.Carbon Trail to Green Lake (Hike)Snodgrass Mountain Trail (Hike)Upper Lower Loop via Budd's Trail (Hike) - No section for this postLower Loop T...

Our next stay after Ouray, was Durango. While we were here, we did two hikes and rode on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Reporting Marks: DSNG) to and from Silverton. The Durango and Silverton was also my first train ride (other than a couple of zoo trains which, in my opinion does...

After Grand Lake, we went to Ouray, "The Switzerland of America", where we stayed for one week. While we were here, we did three hikes including my first 14er.  Here is a list of trails we hiked while at Ouray: Upper Cascade Falls Trail/Chief Ouray Mine  Ouray Perimeter Trail (S...

After Cripple Creek, we went to Grand Lake, where we visited Rocky Mountain National Park several times. Here the first few nights of our stay was very buggy, but then on our last 2-3 days, the bugs had completely vanished. Also, we got to go paddle boarding on Grand Lake on our new paddleboard...

On our next trip after the Custer, South Dakota Trip was to several spots in Colorado. Our first stop on this trip was at Cripple Creek, which was about an hour west of Colorado Springs and on the west side of Pikes Peak. Here at Cripple Creek, we got to do eight hikes in six days or an av...

Our next trip after the Utah and Colorado Trip was a quick one week stay at Custer, South Dakota where we went on 3 hikes and went to 5 NPS sites (all of the NPS sites in the state of South Dakota).Here is a list of hikes we did on this trip:Cathedral Spires TrailBlack Elk Peak Trail with Little Dev...

Our next stop after Grand Junction, was Moab, UT where we went on two hikes and two bike rides. This post will be the last post from this Utah and Colorado trip (excluding the summary, which will be similar to East Coast Trip List/Summary). Here is a list of the hikes we did here: Grandstaff ...

This post will be very similar to the East Coast Trip List/Summary and will have approximately the first 55 words from each post.Here is the list:Utah and Colorado Trip Part One - Fort Larned NHS, Larned, KS; Bent's Old Fort NHS, La Junta, CO; and Montrose, COUtah and Colorado Trip Part Two - Grand ...

After Capitol Reef National Park, we went to Grand Junction, CO, where we went to Colorado National Monument four times and went on one bike ride. Here is a list of all of the hikes/bike rides we did here: Devils Kitchen Trail (Hike) Horsethief Trail via Mary's Trail (Bike Ride) Monumen...