Our first of four mini-vacays before COVID-19 was our Thanksgiving trip to Avalanche Ranch. Avalanche Ranch is a small property about four hours west of Denver with a dozen or so rustic cabins and three natural hot springs pools. Avalanche … Continue reading
Hey all you cool cats and kittens!! How is everyone doing out there in this pandemic? Has anyone else wasted 354 precious minutes of their quarantine life watching the infamous Tiger King show on Netflix yet? Nine weeks ago, hubby … Continue reading
After our epic backpacking adventure in Waipi’o Valley and Waimanu Valley on the north side of the Big Island, we weren’t sore or even very tired… just downright dirty and eager to get back to civilization to take a shower!! … Continue reading
On the fifth day of our Big Island trip, we could finally do our much-anticipated backpacking trip from Waipi’o Valley to Waimanu Valley on the Muliwai Trail! I feel guilty admitting that after we booked our Hawaii trip in April, … Continue reading
Work has been busy, busy, busy this year for hubby and me! We both still work for the same companies we got jobs with nearly six years ago when we moved to Denver. Hubby works for an engineering company in … Continue reading
Hubby mostly leaves the vacation planning up to me because he knows I like to research the mother lovin’ heck out of the places we visit in order to make a decision and his style of “planning” is more of … Continue reading
There are two holidays we loathe in our neighborhood: New Year’s Eve and Independence Day. One could guess fairly quickly that the thing these two holidays have in common is the noisy and annoying fireworks. Perhaps the illegal firework popping … Continue reading
While I usually start hinting to hubby about making plans for a trip for my birthday several months ahead of time, hubby is the exact opposite with his birthday. In fact, I often find that I am pestering him if/when/where … Continue reading
This post is extremely belated, but what better time to post about a snowy trip than when it’s September and still 90+ degrees with no end in sight of this melting temp madness! And spoiler alert: this post isn’t about … Continue reading
After Pie and I spent six days visiting waterfalls galore in Iceland, five days in the Faroe Islands seeing comical puffins, unique sea stacks and adorable grass-roofed houses, and two days in the most bike-friendly city in the world, Copenhagen, … Continue reading
