Tag: rockies

• Great Sand Dunes National Park – Summer 2020

  

  I adore our National Parks, they are some of my favorite places to retreat to, especially in trying times. Living next to Rocky Mountain National Park has been a treat that I still feel unworthy of receiving. This summer I had to cancel a trip to Disneyworld and Florida, and my stepdaughter had all of […]

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  July 19, 2020

  colorado, Colorado Events, outdoors, Travel, United States

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• Little Pinewood – Family Vacation Rental

  

  I grew up in the mountains of Teller County, Colorado technically incorporated into Florissant, Colorado and right against the Florissant Fossil Beds, a National Monument. I spent my childhood running around the woods, massive boulders, playing in the dirt, burying treasure, riding horses, and hiking with our dogs. Money was tight, but we always had […]

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  July 4, 2020

  colorado, Colorado Events, outdoors, Photography, Travel, United States

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• Emerald Lake – RMNP

  

  Another Adventure of the Week for your Saturday reading and another one in the endless nature and beauty of Rocky Mountain National Park! I went with a co-worker and my step-daughter to hike the trail that is a total of around 3 miles in and back again. This is a far more busy trail than […]

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  September 1, 2018

  colorado, Environment, Nebraska, Travel

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• Overcrowded and Overanxious

  

  Colorado is having a good time, as far as numbers and statistics go. We have one of the best economies in the nation with low unemployment and booming industries. Like Marijuana, technology, and the subject of this post….tourism.

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  August 13, 2018

  colorado, Colorado Events, musings, outdoors, Photography, Travel

  colorado, crowding, fort collins, gentrification, hikes, hiking, life, Mountains, rockies, rocky mountains, travel

• Fern Lake Trail RMNP

  

  I have been trying to enjoy as much of Rocky Mountain National Park this year as possible. I went to visit twice in July hiking the Cub Lake Loop and last week I did the Fern Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. The trail is home to a fantastic variety of river views, wildlife, and […]

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  August 11, 2018

  colorado, outdoors, Travel, United States

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