When it comes to seeing incredible sights in Colorado backcountry, hubby and I are usually pretty reasonable and prefer not to risk life and limb. You won’t find us doing risky climbs/hikes, but occasionally, we’ll go the extra mile if … Continue reading
In mid-October, we decided to get one more camping trip in the books (our 12th of the year!) before we put our camping gear in hibernation for the season. Although the trees in our own yard had not received the … Continue reading
Peak fall color in Colorado varies every year. Sometimes it’s mid-September and sometimes it’s late September. After venturing out for our camping trip to Leadville the weekend prior to this one (the last weekend of September), we found out we … Continue reading
Quick disclaimer: Fall is not my favorite time of year. This feels like blasphemy to say in Colorado, where everyone seems to be infatuated with fall and flocks to the mountains in search of pockets of fall color. It’s impossible … Continue reading
After our week-long southern Colorado vacation, we took some time off from outdoor adventuring… but only five work days (ha!!) because we were coming to the start of leaf peeping season, and although the first weekend of September is usually … Continue reading
The wildfire smoke was so bad on the sixth day of our southern Colorado trip that we expected the seventh day to be no less worse. Shockingly, we woke up on the seventh day to this view: As excited as … Continue reading
I had a lengthy list of activities planned for our week-long southern Colorado trip this past summer and hubby was down for any adventure I signed us up for, with one caveat — we add Black Bear Pass to that … Continue reading
It was the fifth day of our So Co trip and the wildfire smoke near Telluride had just started to get much worse the day before. Although the smoke wasn’t impacting hubby much, my throat was in rough shape! It … Continue reading
The fourth day of our southern Colorado trip was also our seventh wedding anniversary. Hubby and I have tried to make it a point to do an adventurous activity on or near our wedding anniversary date every year and we … Continue reading
On the third day of our southern Colorado trip, we could have easily slept in and checked out as late as we wanted from our tent hotel on the Paradise Divide, but we also had an incredible itinerary ahead of … Continue reading
Despite our many weekend camping trips during the early summer, we were still more than ready to escape the four walls our home and see some different scenery for our week-long vacation in southern Colorado. We were so eager that … Continue reading
It’s taken me a long time to write this blog post and I have to admit, it’s not because I’ve been lazy, but because I didn’t know how (or if!) I should write about taking a vacation during a pandemic. … Continue reading
…two co-owned wiener dogs and a child-free marriage! Our dachshunds just turned 16 and 15 earlier this week and I think this is as good of a time as any to take a break from blogging about Em and Pie … Continue reading
During the summer of 2020, since Pie and I were working from home and no longer had to spend an hour commuting home after a long day, it started to became the norm for us to nonchalantly decide Friday afternoon … Continue reading
By August, hubby and I clearly couldn’t be stopped from skipping town almost every weekend to camp in the woods. We had camped six out of the 10 weekends in the season thus far, but we hit a snag the … Continue reading
You might be sick of hearing about our weekly camping trips by now, but guess what… I’m not even halfway through all the trips we did this past summer/fall! Buckle up! Truthfully, I want to skip ahead to our exciting, … Continue reading
The theme of many of our weekend adventure trips had become all about Jeeping after getting our “new” wheels in June, so it was time to bring it back to the original, organic method of scoring gorgeous views — hoofin’ … Continue reading
After our Utah trip the weekend prior, we couldn’t wait to get back to the mountains and woodsy terrain of Colorado for the upcoming, extended Fourth of July weekend. Little did we know how much we would miss the quiet … Continue reading
Hi everyone, Bryce (aka hubby, aka Pie) here…co-host stepping in today for the usual author, Em! After the Alpine Loop trip in mid-June, we made another long weekend trip just two weekends later. Summertime had technically arrived, but many backcountry … Continue reading
