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Colorado Trip Part Six
November 28th, 2023
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...
3 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripColorado Trip Part Five
November 26th, 2023
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...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripColorado Trip Part Four
October 8th, 2023
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...
3 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripColorado Trip Part Three
August 31st, 2023
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...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripColorado Trip Part Two
August 3rd, 2023
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...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripColorado Trip Part One
July 29th, 2023
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...
3 minute readPosted in: Travel, Colorado TripCuster, South Dakota Trip
June 21st, 2023
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...
3 minute readPosted in: Travel, Custer, South Dakota TripUtah and Colorado Trip Part Five
June 9th, 2023
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 ...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripUtah and Colorado Trip List/Summary
June 9th, 2023
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 ...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripUtah and Colorado Trip Part Four
June 6th, 2023
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...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripUtah and Colorado Trip Part Three
May 9th, 2023
After Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, we went to Capitol Reef National Park for three days. While we were here we got to do three hikes: Cassidy Arch Trail Rim Overlook Trail Chimney Rock Trail Now, a little history on the name of the park: the name comes from early pionee...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripUtah and Colorado Trip Part Two
May 4th, 2023
Our next stay after Montrose, CO was going to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, where we stayed at Escalante, UT for about a week. All said and done we did five hikes: Escalante River to Natural Bridge Trail Lower Calf Creek Falls Trail Willis Creek Narrows Trail Phipps Arch T...2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripUtah and Colorado Trip Part One
April 30th, 2023
For our next trip after the Big Bend Trip, we started out for Southeastern Utah/Western Colorado for a month. This post is focusing on our visits to Fort Larned NHS, in Larned, KS, Bent's Old Fort NHS, in La Junta, CO, and Montrose, CO Fort Larned NHS, Larned, KS: Fort Larned Entrance ...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Utah and Colorado TripEast Coast Trip List/Summary
April 19th, 2023
This is the last post for the East Coast Trip, This will include a list with all of the East Coast Trip Posts and also a little sample of each post. This post has been updated recently to make it so that it has the first 55 words of each East Coast Trip post, so that you can sort of get the idea for...
3 minute readPosted in: East Coast Trip, TravelBig Bend Trip
February 2nd, 2023
This Big Bend trip was originally planned to be done near the end of the East Coast Trip, but due to several factors (see East Coast Trip Part Nine) we canceled it. But after several weeks, we decided to go to the park. The trip was a little over one week long and we got to do several hikes as well ...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, Big Bend TripEast Coast Trip Part Eight
November 21st, 2022
After we left Gatlinburg, we went to Huntsville, AL for the night where we went to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. The Space and Rocket Center is home to one of the three remaining Saturn V's and one of the ~5 remaining V-2 Rockets. The Space and Rocket Center is also the home of Space Camp (you m...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Nine
November 21st, 2022
Miramar Beach, FL, Ocmulgee Mounds, GA and Chickamauga Battlefield, GA Miramar Beach, FL / Point Washington State Forest: After Huntsville, AL, we went to Miramar Beach, FL. We stayed at Camp Gulf and several sites were directly on the beach! While we were here, I also saw the Blue Angels fly ...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Seven
November 17th, 2022
After Luray, VA we went to Gatlinburg, TN for three weeks. This post includes the highlights of several days. October 8th 2022: Our first hike was the Appalachian Trail to Mount Kephart via the Jumpoff Trail. The trail starts at Newfound Gap (in the western part of the country, it would be New...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Five
November 13th, 2022
After Boston, MA, we went to the Washington, D.C. metro for a week. While in D.C. we went to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, right outside of Washington Dulles International Airport. This museum is one of the two locations of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. While there we saw...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Six
November 13th, 2022
After Washington, D.C. we went to Luray, VA where we went to Luray Caverns one time and Shenandoah National Park three times. October 2nd 2022 On the day we arrived, we went to Luray Caverns where we walked 1.25 miles of paved trail throughout the cave. The cave was discovered in 1876 and is o...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Four
November 6th, 2022
After Bar Harbor, ME we went to Boston, Massachusetts for several days. While in Boston, we walked seven miles of the Freedom Trail throughout Boston stopping at in order of this list below. When we first went to the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest ship still commissioned in active service with any ...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Three
November 5th, 2022
After we left Grand Island, NY we went to Albany, NY for the night, then, after Albany, we went to Portsmouth, NH for several nights. Then, we went to Bar Harbor, ME for a week. The following dates are what we did there. September 14th 2022: On our first full day, we hiked to the top of the Be...
2 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part Two
November 4th, 2022
After Dayton, OH we went to Sandusky, OH for a few nights to meet with some of our friends. After there we went to Grand Island, NY for the night were we went to Niagara Falls and did the Maid of the Mist boat tour (because at the time the U.S./Canadian border was closed). While doing the tour, we s...
1 minute readPosted in: Travel, East Coast TripEast Coast Trip Part One
November 3rd, 2022
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force At our second stop on our East Coast Trip was Dayton, OH, were we went to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force twice! I saw a Wright Military Flyer (replica), the B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Bell,a B-24, a B-26, Me 109, Me 190, Me 163 Komet, Me 262, P-...
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