It’s practially impossible to hike mountain peaks with preschoolers. Technically, they can ride along in a [very heavy!] child pack and I guess one could stuff in earplugs after the kids’ patience limit expires, but seriously, a 5-hour hike is sooo much more fun for two. And on a weekday, we mostly had the trail [...]
Category Archives: Outdoors
Horsetooth Falls
September 1, 2011 – 5:04 pm
Horsetooth Falls family hike, May 2011 – pics only until I have more time on my hands! Fun stuff!
Mountain Cabin Anniversary
March 20, 2011 – 2:00 pm
Ten years of marriage! Although the official date was back in January, we just had the opportunity to celebrate with a kid-free overnight vacation in March – in fact our first “couple” escape since having kids almost seven years ago! We rented Annie’s Mountain Cabin on the Big Thompson River. We spent day one snowshoeing [...]
Climbing Quandary
August 16, 2010 – 3:16 pm
On Saturday I disappeared into thin air. Well I didn’t disappear, but anyone on the trail thousands of feet below would have seen nothing more than an ant trudging up a giant anthill. Anyway at 14,265 feet up, the air is indeed thin, and the views breathtaking. Or should I say breath-catching! Here I am [...]
Beaver Creek Trail / Comanche
August 10, 2010 – 2:41 pm
My husband was sure the trail wasn’t too long, and was relatively close to Fort Collins. So we planned a hike to Comanche Lake for a picnic lunch after church in mid July. In the car I took a look at his handwritten directions. The first thing I noticed was that the cumulative mileage was [...]