Autumn is a perfect time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. The aspens turn bright gold, the elk are out in numbers, and the air is crisp and refreshing. Richele and I headed up to the park on Saturday, 9/20/08, and enjoyed a hike that started at Glacier Gorge trailhead and ended at Bear Lake […]
gps, photos, storiesI headed up to Steamboat Springs over Labor Day weekend with Richele, her friend Amanda, Matt, Antonia, and Lindsay. It was one last chance to really enjoy summer in the mountains, so we camped out nice and high on Forest Road 38 near Buffalo Mountain. We all made it to camp at different times on […]
gps, photos, storiesRichele can officially put the Surf Colorado bumper sticker on her car now! She and I and Pat Ringrose headed down to the Ark on Saturday, 8/9/2008 for one last hurrah for 2008 before the water got shut off. Richele’s kayaking goal has always been to get good enough to be able to kayak the […]
photos, storiesRichele and I headed East to Boston and Vermont the first weekend of August to attend Matt and Antonia’s wedding. We flew into Boston late on Wednesday, 7/30/08, and crashed at Arrin’s house in Cambridge. The following day, we groggily made our way sightseeing through Boston despite the high temps and humidity. Fortunately, we were […]
photos, storiesFor the second year in a row, I took Beth, Eric, Clare, and Daren rafting down the scenic Pumphouse stretch of the Colorado River. We camped at the put-in in the Westfalia van on Saturday, July 12 and were on the water at a decent time the next day. The weather was gorgeous, the water […]
photos, storiesI finally gotten around to writing up a description of our road to Wyoming in July and posting photos. The write up is pretty long, so I decided to add some links to photos and other goodies right at the beginning of the post but I hope you end up reading all about our trip! […]
gps, photos, storiesThis past Saturday which happened to coincide with the Summer Solstice and a nearly full moon, I headed down to the Arkansas River with Matt Ewald, Lou, Andy W. , and Andy S. to celebrate the last weeks of Matt’s single days. We decided to take my raft down Brown’s Canyon as a paddle rig, […]
photos, storiesAnother weekend and another great time boating on the Arkansas River in Colorado. This time, Richele and I headed down to FIBArk (First in Boating on the Arkansas River), which is a very cool festival that is centered around whitewater kayaking and rafting. It is one of the biggest festivals of its type and it […]
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After a long, cold winter and over two months working on my newly acquired 1985 VW Vanagon Westfalia camper van, I finally got out camping in it over the past 3 weekends with Richele and the dogs. First, we attempted a trip to Moab over the weekend of 5/16-18, but we wound up just hanging […]
kayak, photos, stories, van, Westfalia