Just North of Ward Colorado is Beaver Reservoir, accessible by a well graded dirt road (turn off Hwy 7 at sign for Boy Scout Camp, County Rd 96). Roughly 1.5 miles down the dirt road is the National Forest Boundary, which extends all the way to the reservoir (but not...
It didn’t take much for Conor to convince me to head out for a hike, and since I always neglect the National Park, it didn’t take much more for him to convince me of the trail leading up to Mills Lake. Sadly, even after an entire night’s worth of planning...
It almost slipped past me without notice. Not until late Friday did I remember the Longmot Air Expo was in town on Saturday only and I desperately wanted to spend my day outdoors. I had it all planned out; I would wake early drive to the airport (4 miles away)...
Located outside the park entrances, Adams Falls is accessed via the East Inlet trailhead just outside of Grand Lake. It is a large and quite busy trailhead as it leads the hiker past two water falls and numerous lakes and meadows without the need to pay for the National Park...
Just outside the Rocky Mountain National Park’s west entrance is Grand Lake, Colorado’s largest natural body of water. Grand Lake is straddled by the National Park to it’s East, and National Forest to it’s West. It was this National Forest that had my attention these past few days. Conor and...
Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. Entrance to the park is free according to the wish of Charles Elliott Perkins, whose children donated the land to the city of Colorado Springs in 1909....
This weekend was the Dog Show at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, so instead of sitting around doing nothing I pulled out the camera and long lens to snap a few shots. As much as I have tried, I really do not have much more to say on this subject. It...
Frank’s Ride for Children is an annual poker run to raise money for children with life threatening diseases. “Frank Aulino, the founder of this event, was an active member and officer of the Longmont Moose Lodge. He pulled his friends and local community businesses together to raise money for children...
Conor and I came up with a last minute plan to backpack out to Big Elk Meadows, stay the night, then hike back out through the Button Rock Reservoir and Hall Ranch. It would be a total of roughly 15 miles of hiking but it being broken up over two...
The Trail Blazer’s transmission gave out on Imelda last weekend and with a repair cost in the $4,000 range it was decided to simply replace the aging truck with a newer SUV. Imelda had been talking about getting something with 4WD ever since coming to Colorado, with the snow and...
