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August 13, 2020August 12, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Grand Lake, Colorado

Happy birthday, Dan! Dan’s birthday is one week after mine, and we almost always travel as our gift to one another. This year is a little different of course, but we managed a socially-distant trip to Grand Lake, Colorado and spent his birthday paddling Monarch Lake in our packrafts. Perhaps you can tell from the […]

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August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

Farewell, Chesty La Rue

My first bicycle (as an adult), Chesty La Rue, is heading off to greener pastures. I am very lucky to have all that I have. Recently, I saw an item in a Bike Fort Collins newsletter about a bike advocate connecting people who have extra bikes with local immigrants in need of one. Many of […]

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August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 Erica ReidLeave a Comment

My 37th birthday in pictures

Pandemic be damned: my 37th birthday was a non-stop onslaught of fun. Above: flowers from my dear friend Linda. Below: Snooze‘s OMG French Toast for lunch. (Snooze sent the candle, which worked out nicely because my grandmother insisted that something I ate today was required to have a candle in it.) My brother Ryan and […]

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