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Nothing says “mountain driving” like the smell of burning brakes. I was reminded of this one more time this past week while spending time on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. A car was reported as disabled coming off the top of Trail Ridge Road heading downhill towards…
Continue readingI was talking with a good friend of mine the other day who had done a month-long hiking trip overseas. She is one of the fittest people I know, and is very active both in winter and summer, so I was very curious to hear how her trip went. What…
Continue readingWhile almost everyone has heard of Rocky Mountain National Park, which is about an hour north of where we live, most people outside this area have never heard of Brainard Lake Recreation Area. But in my experience, Brainard Lake is every bit as breathtaking as the park. Brainard Lake is…
Continue readingSome friends of ours from back east have been visiting this past week, and since today was their last day here in Colorado, we wanted to do something uniquely Coloradan. So we decided on a drive up Mt. Evans (see earlier post), which turned out to be quite memorable. At…
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