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
In my last post, I explained how hubby and I took a big leap and purchased a Jeep that would fit our lifestyle/passion for exploring back country roads and scouting out the perfect campsite. Hubby was so excited about our … Continue reading
As usual, I’m well overdue for updating our blog, but that’s because earlier this summer, hubby and I did a thing. We got a Jeep! We’ve now spent over a dozen weekends taking our new wheels over big hills and … Continue reading
I don’t know if home anniversaries are a thing, but I’m gunna go ahead and celebrate our five-year home anniversary anyway! When hubby and I met in March 2011, he was living in his own beautiful southwestern-style home in Albuquerque, … Continue reading
If you live in Denver, especially the Midtown neighborhood, and have a metal object in your garage that happens to have two wheels, it’s about time to dust that thing off and take advantage of Denver’s many paved, multi-use trails! … Continue reading
Our trip to Jackson, Wyoming, for Pie’s birthday was the last of our four trips before we hunkered down for COVID-19 quarantining. In fact, our Jackson trip during the first week of March was so close to when COVID-19 made … Continue reading
I don’t particularly enjoy having a birthday that lands during a drab, cold time of year and one that’s also overshadowed by Christmas, but there is one thing I love about having a December birthday – SNOW!!! Every year when … Continue reading
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
