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A hot topic among friends, family and co-workers is talk about a bucket list, specifically what’s on your bucket list? Well, for those among us who love the outdoors, I have developed my own bucket list — the backpacking bucket list. Fortunately, for me, I had the chance to cross…
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In continuation of my prior post about one of the more unique and spectacular backpack trips I’ve ever done here in Colorado. After being dropped off by the train at the Needleton Trailhead, eight backpackers of varying ages struggled into their weighty packs and began the long, slow, steep ascent…
Continue readingFor my dedicated readers who read me regularly, I apologize for being off the grid — we have been gone the past week out of cyberspace and into the wilderness. But the trip was so full of interesting Colorado stories, that I find I must write about it over multiple…
Continue readingAfter my latest post about The Switzerland Trail, several people asked questions about narrow gauge railroads, so I thought I’d write an “add-on” post about narrow gauge railroads and their ties (no pun intended) to Colorado. There are a lot of scenic excursion type railroads still operating around the state of…
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