Colorado National Monument and medical science
A trip just over the border to the nearby Colorado National Monument and seeing some friends for the first time in over a year. Thank you vaccinations! Read More …
Tag: Colorado
Holidays in Hovenweep
Joan and I spent the Christmas holiday camped out and enjoying Hovenweep and the Canyons of the Ancients national monuments. Read More …
Canyon exploration
Our usual weekend of poking around the red rock desert. Read More …
Other side of the La Sals
We did some camping and hikng on the other side of the La Sals from our home. So close, yet so lightly visited. Read More …
Grand Mesa – Crags Crest
I’ve wanted to check out Grand Mesa for over a decade now. And this past weekend, Joan and I enjoyed some backpacking there. Read More …
Autumnal Bliss in the San Juans
More San Juans bliss. Perhaps our last weekend this year in my favorite Colorado Range? Read More …
San Juans in the Smoke
A smoky weekend exploring more of the San Juan Mountains. Read More …
San Juan Lollipop
A classic weekend backpacking on a stick, to a loop, and back again in the not-so-distant San Juan Mountains. Read More …
Edge of our World – San Juan Mountains
A trip to the San Juans mountains of Colorado – fewer than three hours away. But a world of a difference. Read More …
Colorado National Monument – The joy of hiking
We enjoyed a relaxing weekend in the Grand Junction area while exploring the nearby Colorado National Monument with Joan’s parents. Read More …
From Desert to the Rockies
Some more scoping out of potential hikes and a quick weekend on the Front Range. Read More …
On the cusp of the solstice
Two days of exploring the Colorado Plateau’s landscape and its relation to the ancient people’s viewing of astronomical events. Read More …
Gray Wolf Mtn S24O
A quick overnighter trip in the Mt. Evans Wilderness. Fall weather, elks bugling, a lonely 13er, and caught up with friends. Read More …
S24O – Englemann Peak
A quick backpacking trip with a good friend. An appropriate way to spend some time before I leave for Canada (and move from the Front Range next month!) Read More …
Tiptoe through the wildflowers: Another Skurka Guiding Trip
Two trips and eight days of guiding. Slushies, alpine views, mountain lakes, fascinating people, skills taught, and lots of wildflowers. Read More …
More off-season backpacking ideas in Colorado
Additional ideas for spring or late fall shoulder season backpacking destinations in Colorado. Read More …
Colorado Ancestral Pueblo Meanderings
Weather conditions made me modify my trip plans. But the new plans proved to work out just fine. Read More …
Some down time in Colorado
Spending some post-Christmas time in Colorado. Read More …