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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...
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