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The Longest Day Hike of My Life
Conundrum Hot Springs The hike from the Conundrum Trailhead to Conundrum Hot Springs is roughly 8.5 miles. Round trip is at least 17 miles of hiking. I say AT LEAST as I have been on plenty of hikes...
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Experiencing a Different Way of Life
Most of the time, when we travel, we are touring. We are visiting places. We are going to specific destinations. We are seeing landmarks, or specific points of interest. Or we are going somewhere...
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The Quest for Freedom
In a way, we all long for freedom. Freedom from some form of restriction, some sort of pressure, mandate or expectation that we believe is holding us back. The desire to break ourselves free from...
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Looking Forward to Winter
No season is the subject of speculation quite the way winter is. Sure, people anticipate all four seasons, planning activities such as vacations, sporting events, and outdoor activities around each...
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Pure Instinct
I needed to take a day “off”, and my instinct told me Wednesday should be the day. Day-to-day life over the past month or so had left me kind of burnt out, unnecessarily and inexplicably exhausted,...
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Celebrating Our Accomplishments
Life is full of events, both events in which we have control over and events which we do not. This is true for everybody, from the most successful and confident people to the most disillusioned....
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Buried in Crested Butte
There is such thing as too much of a good thing; too much food, too much exercise, even too much water! While stories about people dying of water poisoning do exist, most people will experience...
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Winter’s MidPoint (in the Central Rockies)
Although we talk quite frequently about “seasons”, the concept of a season is actually far more abstract in nature than the manner in which it is typically discussed. Consider this: while the most...
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The Denver Travel and Adventure Show
It says something about our culture, in its current state, that we now have a series of exhibitions like this, throughout the country, dedicated to travel. After all, it was only about a century ago...
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Hiking in the Front Range in Mid-April
April can sometimes be a tough month. It’s a hard month to plan too far ahead of time, as there is such a wide variety of weather conditions that one can experience in many parts of North America....
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The Cherry Creek Farmer’s Market
What does it mean to have a “healthy community”? I am encouraged to see more and more people actively consider their life choices, their environment, associations and just put more thought in general...
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May 10, 2017: Funnel Cloud in Southeast Colorado
May 10th was kind of a strange storm chasing day for me. It was the kind of day that calls into questions a whole bunch of things for me. What assumptions I make. How I go about making decisions....
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Greyrock Mountain- An Ideal Hike for May
For the majority of people who like to hike on weekends, or in their spare time, hiking anywhere in the American West in the month of May requires two additional considerations. There is typically...
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Why I Love Whitewater Rafting
The raft meanders down the river, passing through sections that are both relatively calm, and sections that are quite rough. In the calmer sections, the smell of the trees adjacent to the river bed...
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An After Work Hike to Royal Arch
June is a month with tons of opportunities, if for no other reason than the amount of daylight many places in the Northern Hemisphere receive. The long days and late sunsets make a lot of activities...
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Five Years in Denver
A personal narrative.. I cannot believe it has been five years since I moved to Denver, and I cannot believe that 2017 is already half over. I’d say “time flies”, but that is kind of a cliché. Time...
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Get Lost in the Rockies
“Dispersed Camping” is a concept that is often foreign to those living in large metropolitan areas. It is camping without a campground. There are no numbered spots. There are no amenities such as...
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Hell’s Hole: A Lesser Known Hike for a Busy Weekend
It would be hard to find a day, or an event, that brings about more mixed emotions for me than Labor Day…. I love the fact that Americans get a holiday, the first Monday of every September. I hate the...
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The History of the Rocky Mountains
Many travelers are motivated to visit a variety of destinations by intellectual curiosity; Curiosity about culture, people and history. Curiosity about nature, science, and how our planet works. Unique...
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Colorado Prepares for Winter
There is, perhaps, no place on earth that gets more excited about winter than Colorado. While people certainly have differing views about their favorite activities, preferred types of weather, and...
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