Fall Classic Marathon Training: Week 7 and Western Colorado Adventures
I got an e-mail today explaining that the Colorado Fall Classic Marathon had to change its name because the Colorado Marathon folks got all worked up about it. (The e-mail was worded more...
View ArticleSix Places
The next prompt of Kristin’s Ten Day You Challenge makes me happy. I love to travel, though I haven’t done enough of it in my lifetime. These are six (of the many) places I would love to go — the...
View ArticleExploring Our Own State: Camping in Leadville
If you know me at all, you know that I’m a mountain lover at heart. Sure, I live on the plains now, but if I don’t get my mountain fix, I get antsy. Ever since we moved here, my mountain fixes haven’t...
View ArticleCaribbean Cruise Recap
Jordan and I make taking an annual vacation a priority. Instead of exchanging birthday/anniversary/Christmas gifts, we stow away money for a trip each year. Usually, we try to see at least one national...
View ArticleEstes Park Weekend Getaway
Jordan and I love Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Sure, Estes is a tourist town, but it’s a fun little spot, and we try to get up there several times a year. We like to go in the summer,...
View ArticleMountain Adventures Photo Dump
If you’ve read my blog long (or if you know me in real life), you know that I’m a mountain girl to the core. This summer, unfortunately, has had a serious dearth of mountain time — selling and buying...
View ArticleSouthwest Colorado Adventures, Days 1-2: Pagosa Springs and Chimney Rock
If you’ve followed my blog for a few years (or if you know us in real life), you know that Jordan and I try to take a vacation every year. We usually try to go for about a week, someplace that we’ve...
View ArticleSouthwest Colorado Adventures, Days 2-3: Mesa Verde
For the first part of this story, read this post. After lunch with my cousin and her boys in Bayfield and a quick stop for ice in Durango, we headed toward Mesa Verde. As we drove, green hillsides and...
View ArticleSouthwest Colorado Adventures, Days 5-7: Great Sand Dunes and Florissant...
This is the final entry in this series about our southwestern Colorado trip. To read the rest, look here, here, and here. Thursday morning, we checked out of the hotel, stopped in Mancos for breakfast...
View ArticleSo Ends Summer: An Adventure Photo Dump
I’m typing this a 10:30 on a Monday morning while I drink coffee. Next week at this time, I’ll be frantically putting finishing touches on my classroom, readying it (and myself) for my twelfth year of...
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